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Libyan ‘rebels’ sorround cities loyal to Gaddafi

Libya’s transitional leadership deployed its fighters around cities loyal to Muammar Qaddafi, threatening to attack unless they surrender and pressing forward with their search for the former leader. Negotiations for the peaceful surrender of the city of Bani Walid have collapsed, Al Jazeera reported today, citing local officials and fighters. Inside the city, leaders were [...]

President Rupiah Bwezani Banda  wil Monday  5th September 2011 officiate at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Itezhi-Tezhi Power Station. And president Rupiah Banda is this Tuesday expected to visit Monze to camapign and receive defectors from UPND and PF. The Itezhi-Tezhi Power Station project is expected to cost US$ 250 million and will [...]

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The Chipolopolo of Zambia regained leadership of Group C of the qualifying series for the 2012 Nations Cup after a 2-1 win over Comoros in Moroni on Sunday. Libya took temporary leadership of the qualifying pool on Saturday following a 1-0 win in Cairo, Egypt, over Mozambique. However, Zambia are back on top of the [...]

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The Zambian government has discovered that a 35 year old man who is on death row in Malaysia for drug trafficking claiming to be Zambian is not a Zambian national. The man alleging to be Emmanuel Kasanda of Zambia was last year sentenced to death by hanging by a Penang High court for trafficking in [...]

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Police in Kitwe have arrested a man for allegedly pulling a gun over a political argument at a bar. Copperbelt Police Commanding Officer Martin Malama has named the arrested man as Justine Mwelwa, forty-four, a member of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy MMD. Dr. Malama has told ZNBC News in Kitwe that the suspect allegedly [...]

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President Rupiah Banda has strongly warned Senior Chieftainess Nkomeshay Mukamaambo the second, against intimidating people in Chongwe who have divergent views. Mr Banda has also warned former Local Government minister Sylvia Masebo to stop intimidating people in the area who are supporting the MMD. President Banda says he has received reports that some Village headmen [...]

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