Rupiah Bwezani Banda

Both the Patriotic Front and the United Party for National Development found the nolle prosequi unsurprising since they consider that President Rupiah Banda’s MMD is too cosy with China...

Veteran oppositionist Michael ‘King Cobra’ Sata often accuses President Rupiah Banda and the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy of being too cosy with China...

The Presidents of Mozambique and Zambia Armando Guebuza and Rupiah Banda did not turn up...

President Rupiah Banda accuses the opposition of trying to stir up hatred against the estimated 100 000 Chinese now living in Zambia...

President Rupiah Banda and his Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) are struggling to control the mass media before next year’s general elections...

Yet President Rupiah Banda who will seek re-election next year faces growing opposition both within the governing Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) and from opposition and civic groups...

Yet the bubbly macroeconomic picture has not done much for President Rupiah Banda’s popularity among ordinary Zambians many of whom believe the investment does not trickle down fast enough to dent poverty levels before market conditions change again (AC Vol 51 No 9)...

In May President Rupiah Banda of Zambia announced that the China Development Bank would provide $5 bn...

Rupiah Bwezani Banda came to office by accident in November 2008 on the death of President Levy Mwanawasa (AC Vol 49 No 23)...

Rupiah Banda is not if his supporters in the region are anything to go by...

President Rupiah Banda is standing firm with unexpected allies: the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank back his revenue-raising schemes...