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Zambia
Population: 13.2 mn.
GDP: 16.2 bn.
Debt: 1.1 bn.
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President Michael Sata will use his anti-corruption drive to silence the MMD, now in opposition. He will battle to honour his commitment to higher pay, especially in the copper mines. The MMD will replace leader and former president Rupiah Banda.

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  • Vol 46 No 20
  •  7th October 2005

A judge on his travels

Justice Peter Smith of the London High Court found himself unable to assemble the necessary witnesses for a civil action by the Zambian government, in which it is alleged that ex-President Frederick Chiluba stole £13.5 million (US$23.78 mn.) in stat...

  • Vol 46 No 14
  •  8th July 2005

Legal losses

Constitutional wrangles worsen, the corruption trials falter but the economy picks up

  • Vol 46 No 3
  •  4th February 2005

Wearing green

The government knows it's not trusted and it cannot afford another constitution

  • Vol 45 No 21
  •  22nd October 2004

Proof of the PUDDing

A brand new party is proof of political moves by President and ex-President alike

  • Vol 45 No 20
  •  8th October 2004

Undiplomatic row

Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa sacked Vice-President Nevers Mumba on 4 October for igniting a serious diplomatic row. Mumba had accused individuals in Congo-Kinshasa of funding the Zambian opposition.

  • Vol 45 No 17
  •  27th August 2004

Success unseen

Zambia grows richer but people feel poorer and they blame the President

  • Vol 45 No 10
  •  14th May 2004

Presidential prosecutions

Busy days for judges as the President struggles to lock up his predecessor

  • Vol 45 No 3
  •  4th February 2004

Jail to the chief

Personal and political rivalries are helping ex-President Frederick Chiluba's defence

  • Vol 44 No 24
  •  5th December 2003

Chilling out Chiluba

Ex-President Frederick Chiluba faces two trials this month, after his lawyers failed to block the charges against him as 'vindictive and unfair' (AC Vol 44 No 19); they now insist that some of the 165 accusations duplicate one another. In the first case,...

  • Vol 44 No 19
  •  26th September 2003

Watching Big Brother

As politicians fall like ninepins to the Anti-Corruption Task Force, the President turns to TV

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