President Hakainde Hichilema is quickly squandering the respect the country once held on the international stage
Is there any weight behind the Zambian president’s warning?
A year into Hakainde Hichilema’s first term as president reveals he is more interested in colluding with the West and dividing the country along ethnic lines
The worthy elder statesman followed Kaunda’s example, putting democracy first and conceding defeat if necessary, and was instrumental in brokering peaceful power transfer in 2021
African leaders’ sartorial choices have been communicating their political orientations for centuries
As the August 2021 elections loom, activists fear a renewed crack down on human rights
Zambia’s founding father left a lasting legacy
The liberation legend died on Thursday at a military hospital in Lusaka, aged 97
A flurry of legal cases before the party’s regional and provincial conferences are central to Supra’s fightback
The average quality of elections around the world is much lower than most people realise
This has been another tough year for the world, and the African continent has endured more than its fair share of conflict and crises.
Zambia’s founding father and former president Kenneth Kaunda was taken to hospital on Sunday.
Have African leaders ever sat down to write down their visions (not just their parties’) for the countries they govern, asks Percy Zvomuya.
ANC centenary celebrations continued into the early hours of Sunday ahead of the historic January 8 statement by President Jacob Zuma in Bloemfontein.
African leaders have hailed the ANC in centenary celebrations for the continent’s oldest liberation movement which inspired regional freedom battles.
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/ 2 November 2008
But a greater lesson lies in the US election,
writes C Don Adinuba.
Zambia faces uncertainty after the death of Levy Mwanawasa earlier this week, writes Robert Chisanza.
A top United States official urged African leaders on Sunday to put pressure on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to release the results of the presidential election, insisting the opposition had won. The Southern Africa Development Community ”should ensure that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission releases the results of the elections,” said US Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer.
African Union chief John Kufuor was due in Nairobi on Tuesday on a crucial mission to broker talks between Kenya’s rival leaders and end the political turmoil that has claimed hundreds of lives. Ahead of Kufuor’s arrival, President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga jousted with various proposals that would allow the two men to sit down together.
The Southern District municipality in the North West would be named after the former Zambian president Dr Kenneth Kaunda, the municipality said on Tuesday. The council passed a resolution on the new name at its meeting on Monday, mayor Boitumelo Moloi said.
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/ 13 September 2007
The prevalence of corruption and other forms of crime in South Africa reflected a society that had embraced a culture of individualism, President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday. Delivering the eighth annual Steve Biko memorial lecture at the University of Cape Town, Mbeki said social ills such as corruption represented society’s rejection of positive moral values.
Kenneth Kaunda’s power is threatened.
Zambian elections: It looks like the end of the road for an African strong-man.