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Acting President Rupiah Banda has paid glowing tribute to the Zambian people for their peacefulness and unity they exhibited during the funeral of late President Levy Mwanawasa. Mr. Banda said Zambians accorded the late Dr. Mwanawasa a funeral and burial...

Chipata Diocese Bishop, George Lungu, has advised Zambians not to vote along regional and tribal lines in the forthcoming presidential bye-elections slated for November. Bishop Lungu, who is also Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) Chairman, told ZANIS in an interview over...

The weekend of 28th August, the Lusakatimes  website went off line for emergency upgrade. The outage lasted for a whole weekend. Even when the site was back on Monday, there were still technical issues that did not go right during...

The Federal Democratic Party (FEDEPA) has joined calls by the MMD to forego the presidential by-election scheduled for November this year, arguing that the exercise would be unreasonable and a waste of national resources. In a statement released to ZANIS...

The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation, Thursday evening, broadcast the late President Levy Mwanawasa's farewell message to the nation. The message broadcast on both radio and television was recorded on March 23rd, 2005. It read as follows: "It is my wish...

Acting President Rupiah Banda has paid glowing tribute to Zambians for the peaceful and orderly manner they conducted themselves during the sickness and untimely death of President Mwanawasa. In his closing remarks after the burial of the late president Mwanawasa...

THE Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) in Central Province has appealed to National Executive Committee (NEC) Members, especially Honourable Peter Magande, to withdraw from standing against Acting President Rupiah Banda. MMD Provincial Secretary Roy Mwaba stated that after...

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Government has restricted the number of mourners to attend the church service and burial of late President, Levy Mwanawasa, scheduled for September 3, 2008. Secretary to the Cabinet Joshua Kanganja, said the number has been restricted to ensure an orderly...

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