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Zambia

Population: 11.9 million
GNI: $7500 million
Debt: $4900 million
Overview: Efforts to restructure the constitution will fall behind schedule and the trial of ex-President Frederick Chiluba will probably falter, but the economy will grow strongly, buoyed by increasing copper production.

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  • Vol 43 No 3
  • 08/02/2002

Levy limps in

Even if the courts confirm his election win, parliament can block the President

  • Vol 43 No 3
  • 08/02/2002

Down the mine, down the drain

Political troubles were overshadowed on 25 January, when Anglo American announced that it was pulling out of the Copperbelt less than two years after reinvesting there. Copper had been Zambia's main economic hope; the metal accounts for more than 60 per c...

  • Vol 43 No 1
  • 11/01/2002

A not-so-fresh start

The fragmented opposition had underestimated the Movement for Multi-party Democracy, which bounced back to power with less than 30 per cent of the vote. New President Levy Mwanawasa must now legitimise his controversial election and loosen the puppet-stri...

  • Vol 42 No 24
  • 07/12/2001

Too close to call

The gap between the leading presidential contenders is narrowing fast in this landmark election

  • Vol 42 No 24
  • 07/12/2001

Maize power

Maize meal helped drive Kenneth Kaunda from power and could do the same to the Movement for Multi-party Democracy which defeated him in the 1991 elections. When Kaunda cut subsidies on the staple mealie-meal, his support collapsed. The MMD's market econom...

  • Vol 42 No 21
  • 26/10/2001

Payback time

The President's cheque is stolen and the election heats up

  • Vol 42 No 21
  • 26/10/2001

Presidential runners

Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD): formed 1990, governing since 1991. Support: Copperbelt and Bemba people, trades unions; endorsed by Dean Mung'omba's Zambia Alliance for Progress (ZAP) though he insists he won't rejoin MMD. Policies: pro-pr...

  • Vol 42 No 18
  • 14/09/2001

Puppet or prince?

The ruling MMD's new flagbearer seems too close to Chiluba and too far from the voters

  • Vol 42 No 15
  • 27/07/2001

Post-summit blues

Everything is going wrong for President Chiluba's renewed bid for a third term

  • Vol 42 No 14
  • 13/07/2001

Anglo accused

Activists are challenging Anglo American's role in the messy copper privatisation

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