The death of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa is a great loss to the African continent, the African Union said on Tuesday.
Australian mining giant Equinox Minerals is developing Zambia’s Lumwana Copper Mine to take advantage of strong prices for copper.
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who died on Tuesday aged 59, built a reputation as a darling of the West by daring to criticise Robert Mugabe.
Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa died on Tuesday morning in a Paris hospital after suffering a stroke in June, a family member said.
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa is heavily sedated and is expected to remain in a French military hospital for a long time.
The condition of the Zambian president, who was admitted to a hospital after suffering a stroke, has improved, his deputy announced on Friday.
Zambia’s governing Movement for Multiparty Democracy party is suffering a growing leadership crisis after President Levy Mwanawasa’s recent stroke.
A senior Zambian official is slapped down by the government after saying it’s time to look for a successor for stricken President Levy Mwanawasa.
Zambian leader Levy Mwanawasa, rumours of whose death left media with egg on their face on Thursday, was to undergo further tests on Friday.
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa remained in intensive care in a French hospital on Thursday, his government said, denying reports that he had died.
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has been admitted to intensive care in a Paris hospital but is in a stable condition.
The Zambian government has broken its silence about attacks on it by the official Zimbabwean media.
The Zambian government has begun treating people living with HIV earlier, a move intended to reduce deaths.
Top government officials in Southern Africa began meeting on Monday to find ways of addressing trade barriers, such as scrapping visa requirements, which are said to hinder regional integration. Experts from finance ministries in the region are expected to find solutions to problems affecting the free movement of people and goods.
Musi wa Thunya, Setswana for ”the smoke that thunders”, is the South African name for the glorious falls between Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Zambia has introduced new legislation banning smoking in public places which could see offenders face up to two years in jail. Local Government Minister Sylvia Masebo said the new statutory instrument, which has been gazetted, bans smoking in public places with immediate effect.
The United States’ top diplomat for Africa said on Sunday any national unity government in Zimbabwe should be headed by opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who Washington believes won a March 29 election. Election officials said they hoped to compile statistics from the presidential election by Monday for verification by the candidates.
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.
In advance of World Malaria Day on Friday, several African countries have called for a joint international initiative to combat the disease that kills more than one million people each year, mostly young children in Africa. Malaria is still a major public health problem in about 90 countries. Every 30 seconds it kills a child in Africa.
Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders called on Sunday for the rapid release of results from Zimbabwe’s election after a two-week delay that has raised fears of violence. A 13-hour summit in Lusaka also called on President Robert Mugabe to ensure that a possible run-off presidential vote be held ”in a secure environment”.
An emergency summit of Southern African leaders on Zimbabwe’s post-election crisis opened on Saturday with a plea from its chairperson not to turn a blind eye, but President Robert Mugabe stayed away. Zambia’s Levy Mwanawasa told Southern African Development Community leaders that doing nothing was not an option.
Zambia has ended talks with a unit of Standard Bank after failing to agree conditions for a ,2-billion oil-financing deal, Energy Minister Kenneth Konga said on Monday. Konga said negotiations with Stanbic Bank Zambia, a subsidiary of Standard Bank, had ended and the government would soon start talks with another bank.
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/ 18 February 2008
The Zambian government announced on Monday that 30 fishermen arrested by authorities from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on cross-border Lake Mweru had been released, but fishermen nabbed in earlier raids were reportedly still being held.
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/ 15 February 2008
Former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba must stand trial on charges of stealing almost half a million dollars from the Southern African country while he was its leader, a court ruled on Friday. Magistrate Jones Chinyama set the trial date for Chiluba, who stands charged of theft of public funds with two Lusaka businessmen, for May 5.
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/ 12 February 2008
Zambia and neighbour Zimbabwe said on Monday they had placed military forces on flood alert after opening a floodgate at a key dam that is expected to force Mozambique to evacuate 100 000 people. Munyaradzi Munodawafa, a senior Zimbabwe Energy Ministry official, said military forces would watch for heavy flooding on the Zambezi River.
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/ 23 January 2008
Zambia has mobilised its army to clear drainage systems in major cities amid fears torrential rains and flooding may lead to outbreaks of cholera and other deadly diseases, a government official said on Wednesday. Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi have been lashed by heavy rains for several weeks.
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/ 22 January 2008
Zambia was hit by a new nationwide power failure late on Monday, the second in 48 hours. The entire country was plunged into darkness at about 5.30pm GMT and partial supplies were only restored on Tuesday to critical areas, such as hospitals and military installations, said Rhodnie Sisala, managing director of the state-run Zambia Electricity Supply Company.
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/ 22 January 2008
Jerry Mweemba, an 82-year-old farmer, stoically chews on his pipe as he surveys the line of grass-thatched huts waist-high in brown rainwater in Zambia’s impoverished Mazabuka region. ”Initially, we thought it was the usual rains until we realised that water was entering into our homes,” says Mweemba from under the shade of a large acacia tree.
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/ 21 January 2008
A nationwide power blackout in Zambia cut copper and cobalt production at some mines, damaging mining equipment and temporarily trapping hundreds of miners underground. State media reported nearly 300 miners on night shifts at units of KCM and Mopani Copper Mines were temporarily trapped in shafts for hours.
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/ 18 January 2008
Zambia has declared a national disaster after floods swept through the Southern African nation and several neighbouring countries, killing at least 45 people and destroying roads, bridges, crops and livestock. ”This is a national disaster and it requires concerted efforts of all of us to solve,” Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa said late on Thursday.
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/ 13 January 2008
Zambia have dropped unfit striker Collins Mbesuma and veteran defender Elijah Tana from their final 23-man squad for the African Cup of Nations finals. Mbesuma, who plays in Turkey and was formerly, played last week in a friendly against Tunisia but was deemed too out of shape for the tournament in Ghana.
Floods in Southern Africa have displaced thousands of people, drowned livestock and put large numbers of children at risk from serious disease, officials said on Tuesday. About 1,5-million Zambians may have to flee their homes.