Zambia

Zambia

Population: 13.9 mn.
GDP: 20.7 bn.
Debt: 3.7 bn.
Overview:

President Michael Sata and his Patriotic Front will strive to build a base in Parliament and crush the Movement for Multiparty Democracy, which lacks direction. Infrastructure spending will continue, to create jobs. Wynter Kabimba aims to succeed Sata.

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  • Vol 42 No 6
  •  23rd March 2001

Third time unlucky

The President's plan to stand again divides the nation and his party

  • Vol 41 No 24
  •  8th December 2000

A longer presidency

Chiluba says he prefers prophecy to presidency but not everyone believes it

  • Vol 41 No 20
  •  13th October 2000

Laying off hands

Zambian Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, healer and exorcist in Rome for 18 years, has been silently sacked as Vatican Special Delegate to the Pontifical Commission for Migration and Tourism.

  • Vol 41 No 17
  •  1st September 2000

Copper politics

Long-delayed and undersold, the bungled mines privitisation will have consequences

  • Vol 41 No 16
  •  4th August 2000

Copper quarrels

Government and business still argue despite the long awaited copper sell-off

  • Vol 41 No 15
  •  21st July 2000

Cash yes, reform?

Promises of dollops of money at the Consultative Group meeting in Lusaka on 16-18 July (AC Vol 41 No 14) dispelled fears that Finance Minister Katele Kalumba was about to be axed. The cash could also strengthen Zambia's few reformers.

  • Vol 41 No 14
  •  7th July 2000

The race to succeed

Since President Chiluba promised to go, the race to follow him is on - covertly

  • Vol 41 No 14
  •  7th July 2000

Clean up for donors

Lusaka is buzzing with preparations for a crucial meeting of the Consultative Group of donors in the city on 16-19 July. The government is hoping for US$605 million for next year; over half that is expected to be pledged but not all will turn into disburs...

  • Vol 41 No 8
  •  14th April 2000

Post-KK traumas

The old leader has gone and the new ones have not yet arrived

  • Vol 40 No 23
  •  19th December 1999

Chiluba and after

The President, tempted by another term, would face rivals within his own party

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