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Family of Czechs charged with espionage write to president Sata

This petition addresses a release of three Czech men who have been held in Zambia for several weeks.
Besides this letter, I also wrote to the Zambian Embassy in Washington, DC; the families sent a letter to Zambian embassy in Berlin; and I sent another letter to Amnesty International in New York as well.

Works and Supply Permanent Secretary Watson Ng’ambi has been fired The Watchdog understands that Ngambi was fired last Friday for failing to directly link former president Rupiah Banda to the purchase of four armoured luxury 4×4 Lexus motor vehicles. On October 17, Ngambi said he had written instruction from State house to procure the luxury [...]

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Some Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) members have proposed that fired envoy to Canada Nevers Mumba should take over as acting party president. Die Hard MMD Wing national coordinator Bowman Lusambo told radioPhoenixSunday that Mumba has good leadership qualities. Lusambo also said his team wants former Foreign affairs minister Kabinga Pande to take over as [...]

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By Field Ruwe The Swazi princess pulled me by the side and asked me to sign. I was adamant. “You mean you don’t want change?” she asked. I could see him, his ferret fiery eyes taunting me. He was a man with ineffable power. His stature and ebony texture were enough to send shivers even [...]

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The tension between Zambia and Malawi has escalated with the the Malawian government moving its High Commission from the Zambian premises in Tanzania after Zambia hiked rent. The High Commissions of the two countries have been sharing an office block with Malawi renting to Zambia since the building is owned by the Zambia government. But [...]

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