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Tendai Biti, an internationally-respected finance minister in Zimbabwe’s troubled 2009-2013 power-sharing government, had proclaimed victory for the opposition before the final results came in.(Moeletsi Mabe/The Times/Gallo)

Zambia deports Biti, defying court order

Tendai Biti fled to Zambia on Wednesday, reportedly facing charges at home of inciting post-election violence

Sex dolls’ inventors say they can cure loneliness and help elderly men who lack female companionship.

Zambia’s crackdown on sex dolls provokes fierce rights debate

​No one sells them openly, no one admits to owning one, and no one has been arrested— but Zambia is waging a fierce campaign against sex dolls

United Party for National Development Presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema casts his ballot at a voting station in Lusaka

Zambia vote extended into third day

Zambian police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the leading opposition candidate, as the presidential election was extended into a third day.

Heroes’ welcome for Zambia’s Copper Bullets

Heroes’ welcome for Zambia’s Copper Bullets

Chipolopolo have returned home to an ecstatic welcome from thousands of fans who gathered to greet the Africa Cup of Nations’s winning team.

I’m allergic to corruption

I’m allergic to corruption, says Zambia’s Sata

Zambia’s new president Michael Sata has taken a strong stance on corruption, vowing to prosecute anyone found guilty of embezzlement.

Vote delays spark unrest in Zambian polls

Vote delays spark unrest in Zambian polls

Stone-throwing mobs smashed cars and blocked roads during voting in Lusaka after the opposition accused President Banda’s party of rigging the ballot.

US brandishes AGOA carrot at AU trade talks

US brandishes AGOA carrot at AU trade talks

The US has urged AU countries to take advantage of a trade act which grants well-governed African states preferential access to the US economy.

SADC leaders meet on Zimbabwe stand-off

SADC leaders meet on Zimbabwe stand-off

Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will ask a regional security summit on Thursday to stop what he says is a crackdown by Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe tensions top security summit

Zimbabwe tensions top security summit

African leaders on Thursday will try to defuse escalating tensions in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe is accused of cracking down on rivals.

Zambia’s last DRC refugees fear return home

Ten years after fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Muzungu Makoi says he is still haunted by the massacres and refuses to leave Zambia.