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Politics of Hunger in Zambia0
- Zambia
- 30.10.2019.
A recent report by Global Hunger Index has ranked Zambia the fifth hungriest country in the world. This coincidentally comes at a time when the country is grappling with a severe drought which has devastated more than half of the country mainly in the Southern, Central and Western Provinces, leaving many rural households surviving on wild fruits, roots and
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Commonwealth Steps Out of Zambia’s Political Dialogue Process0
Commonwealth has stepped out of Zambia’s political dialogue process aimed at addressing the country’s political impasse between the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the main opposition party United Party for National Development (UPND). The process has been handed over to local in-country facilitators. In August, 2017 Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland facilitated the release from
READ MOREIs the End of Zambia’s Political Crisis in Sight?0
Zambia’s leading opposition figure, Hakainde Hichilema and his co-accused walked to freedom on Wednesday 16th August, 2017 after the state entered a nolle prosequi [the plaintiff or prosecutor decides to stop legal proceedings] in the matter in which they were charged with treason. The release came after Hichilema, President of the United Party for National Development
READ MOREZambia’s Disturbing Political Crisis0
Zambia’s main opposition party, United Party for National Development (UPND) has continued to receive a bashing from the Patriotic Front (PF) government with the church and civil society raising alarm at what they describe as an accelerated move towards a dictatorship. Zambia now has a situation where opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema remains in indefinite detention
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Pressure Mounts on Zambian Gov’t to Address Deteriorating Political Environment0
On 10th April, 2017, Zambia Police invaded the house of leading opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema. The Police switched off power at the house, blocked the main roads and then broke down the gates to the house to gain access to the house before firing teargas into the house. The
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Zambia Re-Elects Lungu in Disputed Polls0
Zambians beat their own record on Thursday 11th August, 2016 when they turned up in large numbers and braved the scorching sun in long and winding queues as they waited for hours to cast their vote. The 2016 general elections came with a lot of enthusiasm and excitement given that the country was voting under
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Zambia Election and the Promise of Free Education0
A heated debate on the feasibility of free education has ensued on the Zambian political scene ahead of the 11th August general elections. Education is one of the key campaign issues given the high illiteracy levels in Zambia. According to UNICEF, though Zambia made commendable progress in increasing access to education and gender parity, more
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Zambia’s Main Parties Launch Their Election Campaigns On Saturday0
Dubbed a Saturday by those so passionate about this year’s campaigns, 21st May is a day when the ‘Big Boys’ get to the people, tell them what they have done and what they offer them for the next five years. This is a when the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the opposition United Party for
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Zambians Divided Over Constitutional Amendments Ahead of 2016 polls0
- Democracy, Governance, Politics, Zambia
- 11.01.2016.
On January 5, 2016 Zambia’s sixth President Edgar Chagwa Lungu appended his signature to the most comprehensive and far reaching amendments of the country’s constitution since the country’s independence in 1964 in what he described as a watershed moment for the country. The development which is a defining moment in the country’s history has left
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