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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 41 No 14
  • 07/07/2000

The race to succeed

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

  • Vol 41 No 14
  • 07/07/2000

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
  • 14/04/2000

Post-KK traumas

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

  • Vol 40 No 23
  • 19/12/1999

Chiluba and after

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

  • Vol 40 No 23
  • 19/12/1999

Gunmen at the gate

KK's aspiring politicial son, Wezi, was murdered. On whose orders?

  • Vol 40 No 12
  • 11/06/1999

Paris to Lusaka

The usual bashing of non-governmental organisations followed the World Bank's Consultative Group on Zambia in Paris on 26-28 May (AC Vol 40 No 11). Zambia's Finance Minister Edith Nawakwi arrived home on 6 June and lashed out at the 'plotting' by the...

  • Vol 40 No 11
  • 28/05/1999

Down, not out

The mines are still not privatised but the opposition is at last taking shape

  • Vol 40 No 6
  • 19/03/1999

Mining the depths

Delay on privatisation has cost the country dear – and it isn't over yet

  • Vol 40 No 3
  • 05/02/1999

Copper crunch

The timing could hardly have been worse. As the world price of copper plummets, the Zambian government has at last moved decisively towards selling off its one big asset, the best parts of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines. Under a memorandum of underst...

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