- Vol 45 No 3
- 4th February 2004
Personal and political rivalries are helping ex-President Frederick Chiluba's defence
- Vol 44 No 24
- 5th December 2003
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
As politicians fall like ninepins to the Anti-Corruption Task
Force, the President turns to TV
- Vol 44 No 19
- 26th September 2003
The courts are crowded with politicians and public servants who served under the previous President. Frederick Chiluba himself was arrested on 5 August to face 96 counts of theft by a public servant, allegedly involving over US$40 million. He laughed as t...
- Vol 44 No 14
- 11th July 2003
President Levy Mwanawasa's government agreed a budget for 2003 with the International Monetary Fund and overspent it by 612 billion kwacha; the IMF's man in Lusaka, Mark Ellyne, says it therefore will not release the US$100 million conditionally pledged t...
- Vol 44 No 12
- 13th June 2003
Frayed tempers and shoddy deals lie behind President Mwanawasa's political cull
- Vol 44 No 5
- 7th March 2003
Arresting the former President sets a precedent and splits the
ruling party
- Vol 43 No 22
- 8th November 2002
Was the election rigged? Must there be a fresh election? Later this month, the Supreme Court will resume hearing a petition on those questions.
- Vol 43 No 19
- 27th September 2002
Mwanawasa's anti-corruption claims are in doubt as evidence of election-rigging emerges
- Vol 43 No 17
- 30th August 2002
Zambia's under-paid detectives are no match for the sophisticated networks built up by ex-President Frederick Chiluba. The taskforce on allegations of plunder by him (AC Vol 43 No 15) and his cronies is having trouble finding solid evidence and President ...