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All Zambia's nine provinces have been earmarked for new mining projects as strong demand and high prices on the international market trigger a scramble by investors for minerals deposits, according to Mines Minister...

Former President Frederick Chiluba has filed court papers rejecting a British judgement ordering him to pay back $58 million to the country's Treasury in a graft case, his aide said on Tuesday. Chiluba's spokesman Emmanuel Mwamba said the former...

Zambia will allow 100,000 tonnes of additional white maize exports this year bringing the total to 350,000 tonnes, Agriculture Minister Ben Kapita told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday. The move comes after the country recorded surpluses in the last...

Northern Province Minister Lameck Chibombamilimo has dismissed as false recent media reports that Zambia's only port in Mpulungu will soon turn into a white elephant if no measures are taken to improve it to international standards. Mr. Chibombamilimo, who is...

TWO of Second Republican President Fredrick Chiluba’s co-defendants Aaron Chungu and Faustin Kabwe have appealed against the London high court judgment in which they have jointly been found liable to have defrauded Zambia of billions of Kwacha. According to the...

MMD national secretary Katele Kalumba has appealed to members to avoid factional meetings that are likely to be misconstrued as campaigns for the party presidency. In an interview in Lusaka yesterday, Dr Kalumba advised them to heed President Mwanawasa’s directive...

An Academician has urged African countries to critically analyze budgets for by-election which he said are a drain of resources for national development. Professor Carlson Anyangwe stated that resources that are channeled to holding of by- elections could go a long...

Government has called on opposition members of parliament opposing its roadmap on the constitution making process to resign for failing to keep the oath they took to defend on the constitution. Minister of Youth, Sport and Child Development, Gabriel Namulambe,...

Disbanded Lenshina followers have hailed President Mwanawasa's government for accepting them back into the country as free citizens. The followers who went in 'exile' in 1964 to Democratic Republic of Congo, by then Zaire, sent their gratitude message to the...

Some retired head teachers who were still managing high schools in Mufulira have been blamed for the recent riots by pupils that rocked the district. The district administration has since resolved to relieve the concerned head teachers of their...