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Zambia says there is no Somalian ambassador in Zambia

A media release from the Zambian Ministry of Foreign Affairs  obtained by ZANIS says  the Somali Embassy in Lusaka does not have an Ambassador following the demise of Omar Muhamud Umal in August, 2010. The Statement says the Somali Government is yet to replace the late Umal while Mr. Shirwa Abdullahi Ibrahim is First Counsellor In-Charge of [...]

Dear Isaac , Greetings! I notice that you have abandoned your new found press freedom as delivered to you by Hon Given Lubinda at the Dawn of the PF government sometime last year. I know very well that the Government has not gone back on it’s word.it’s  just that we are dealing with same human [...]

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Finance and National Planning Permanent Secretary Abraham Mwenda is reportedly among the people that have applied for the vacant World Bank position in Uganda. Sources have told the Watchdog that Dr. Mwenda was not sure about the Patriotic Front’s future and has since applied for a job at the multinational bank. According to sources, Dr. [...]

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The combined opposition parties in Zambia will tomorrow address a joint press briefing to address a number of issues affecting the nation including the controversy on the firing of judges and President Micheal Sata’s lambasting of diplomats accredited to Zambia. Sources have told the Watchdog that the party leaders including Brig. Gen Miyanda, UPND’s Hakainde [...]

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Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has disclosed that opposition political parties recently met with its President Leonard Hikaunda to get the union’s solidarity on the suspension of 3 judges by President Sata. ZCTU Secretary General Roy Mwaba said during  a media briefing today that his union has however resolved not to join the opposition in [...]

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Government says there is no proper reason to call for the resignation of the Director of Public Prosecutions Mutembo Nchito. Deputy Justice Minister Elfridah Kansembe says the DPP, who is appointed by the president, can only be removed on the basis of misconduct. Speaking in an interview with QFM, Ms. Kasembe says government has not [...]

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United Party for National Development UPND deputy Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa has described former MMD Lusaka province chairman William Banda who has defected to the UPND as a political animal who will contribute to the growth of the party. Mr Mweetwa says the UNPD hopes that William Banda will quickly bring in his massive experience to [...]

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Managing director at the Patriotic Front government owned and controlled Times of Zambia Godfrey Malama has acquired a brand new Nissan Pathfinder while employees have gone without salaries for months now. The Nissan Pathfinder was on today, Thursday parked at the company’s parking area after he realized that the negotiations for conditions of services for 2012 salaries [...]

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US President Barack Obama has ended months of hedging on the issue of gay Marriage by saying he thinks same-sex couples should be able to wed. He has become the first sitting US president to back gay marriage. Mitt Romney, the Republican who is set to challenge Mr Obama for the White House in November’s elections, promptly said he was [...]

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By Given Mutinta  It is worthy of note that the draft constitution completely ignored the Barotseland Agreement 1964 (BA 64). This action is tantamount to denying Zambia’s history and future as unitary state. Nonetheless, it hasn’t come as a surprise. Since Independence, we have never had a president able to deal with the BA 64 [...]

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