President Edgar Lungu has got his wish and been given leave by the Constitutional Court to stand for a third term of office...
It was compounded when President Edgar Lungu gave the red carpet treatment to former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert who was released from prison last year after serving 16 months for corruption...
One of the contracts was part-funded with a $48m loan from Israel Discount Bank which was signed by President Edgar Lungu on 5 September 2016 Africa Confidential can reveal...
President Edgar Lungu's sacking on 19 September of Minister of Community Development and Social Services Emerine Kabanshi – at the centre of the row over the fraud in payments for the country's poorest families – will do nothing to lessen the deepening crisis in the country...
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The incident showed the connivance between ZANU-PF and Edgar Lungu's beleaguered government...
The scheme was believed to be a great success and President Edgar Lungu requested the number of recipients be increased from 257 000 households the figure for 2017 to 700 000 this year...
The seven-member court all of whose judges were appointed by President Edgar Lungu ended hearings on a possible third term in May and is not expected to rule until next year at the earliest...
Some think that President Edgar Lungu is feeling anxious about his popularity but others speculate that the PF wants urgently to secure a two-thirds majority in parliament which would be necessary to enact changes to the constitution...
Possibly the most desperate attempt to improve public finances yet is believed to lie behind President Edgar Lungu's public plea to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during bilateral talks on 28 July in Zambia for assistance in refinancing the Eurobonds...
Since President Edgar Lungu came to power Zambia has signed off on at least US$8 billion in Chinese project finance...
The government nevertheless refers to its 'prudent and sound economic management' and describes measures emanating from President Edgar Lungu's desk as 'our blueprint as a government'...
The PF poured in massive resources but only shaded victory by 816 votes on a turnout of only 30% in what many saw as a test of President Edgar Lungu's popularity...
At the same time the government faces a media storm over corruption scandals involving President Edgar Lungu...
Statements in a state State House official spokesman Amos Chanda has been energetically denying Africa Confidential's article about the US$500 million sovereign guarantee signed by President Edgar Lungu with South Africa's STAG company on behalf of the state electricity company Zesco (AC Vol 59 No 10 A swirling fog of debt)...
