The coffin of President Michael Sata, draped in Zambia’s flag, was placed on a red carpet at the center of a stadium holding more than 50,000 mourners and several African leaders attending the head of state’s funeral on Tuesday. Sata, 77, served as president of the southern African nation since 2011. He died in a […]
Malawi will send its vice president Saulos Chilima to attend the State Funeral of Zambia President Micheal Sata, scheduled for on Tuesday 11th November at Embassy Park the presidential burial site in Lusaka. Sata died on 28 October in London. President Peter Mutharika who was earlier expected to attend the funeral will not be travelling […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika will be among eight African Heads of State who has so far confirmed to attend the burial ceremony of late President Michael Sata’s in Zambia next week. Foreign Affairs Minister Dr George Chaponda confirmed that the Malawi leader will be attending the funeral ceremony on Tuesday 11th November at Embassy Park […]
Hundreds of people lined Lusaka’s Great East road on Saturday as the body of Zambian president Michael Sata, who died in London this week, arrived in the country to be burial next week. There were emotional scenes with several people breaking down as pall bearers carried Sata’s dark casket draped in the Zambian flag off […]
Dear Malawians, I greet you, good neighbours, with hot tears in my eyes. Although our government initially tried to hide the illness of His Excellency the President Michael Chilufya Sata, when Lusaka realised the inevitable may happen, it quickly owned up and announced that our dear leader was under the weather and was being evacuated […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Wednesday sent condolences to Zambia at the death of president Michael Sata, but stressed it believed there would be a peaceful political transition in the African nation. In a letter sent to Zambia government, Mutharika said he learnt with “deep sense of shock and profound sadness” the death of Sata. […]
Zambia reverted to white rule on Wednesday when vice president Guy Scott of Scottish descent were elevated to the top job after the demise of President Michael Sata on Tuesday. The Cambridge-educated economist Scott, 70, became the first white leader of an African country since FW de Klerk stepped down as president of South Africa […]
President of Zambia Michael Chilufya Sata, 77 passed away in London at King Edward VII’s hospital, Beaumont St, where he had been hospitalised from October 19, 2014 according to Zambia Reports and Reuters. Sata, who had been receiving medical care in London for the past week, died at approximately 2100 hours local time on Tuesday […]
A senior government official in Zambia has refuted reports that Malawi former president Bakili Muluzi on Tuesday paid a visit to Zambian President Michael Sata and held talks. The Zambian Watchdog, Muluzi and his group flew into Zambia using a private jet and parked it at Lusaka International Airport. But Zambian government have parried the report […]
President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan and Zambia’s Micheal Sata have said they are looking forward to working closely with newly-elected President of Malawi, Professor Peter Mutharika. The Nigerian President, in a statement made available to Nyasa Times, urged all Malawians to set aside their political differences and work in harmony with their new leader for […]
Sudan’s President Omar Al Bashir, wanted for war crimes, is said to have bought two helicopters for Atupele Muluzi, presidential candidate of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) to use for election campaign, Nyasa Times understands. Al Bashir is a long-time friend of former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi who happens to be Atupele’s father. Zambian […]
Malawian President Joyce Banda three-day state visit to has been cancelled, Nyasa Times learnt on Tuesday. President Banda was scheduled to arrive in Lusaka on Tuesday and was expected to attend Zambia’s 48th independence celebrations on Wednesday. But she did not show up at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, where both Zambian government officials and Malawian […]
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has categorically denied reports that his country is preparing to go to war with its neighbour, Malawi, because of a dispute over Lake Malawi, where a British- based company is exploring for oil. Speaking to journalists after a closed discussion with the Malawi President Mrs Joyce Banda in Maputo, Mozambique, the Tanzanian […]
The Malawian High Court Judge and chief adjudicator at the Commercial court, Justice Lovemore Chikopa, who Zambian President Michael Sata imported into his country to head a three-man tribunal to investigate three judges, will remain in Zambia despite a stay granted by the courts against the proceedings,. Zambian Justice Minister, Sebastian Zulu , said the Malawian […]
Zambian President Michael Sata has sworn-in Malawi Judge Lovemore Chikopa and urged not to be intimidated as he heads the tribunal to investigate the alleged misconduct of the three judges. According to Zambian media, Chikopa and two Zambian retired judges and their secretary were sworn in at State House on Tuesday. The tribunal will investigate […]
Malawian Judge and chief adjudicator at the Commercial Court justice Lovemore Chikopa, who was recently appointed by Zambian President Michael Sata to head a tribunal that will probe three suspended judges, says he is ready for the task ahead of him and will ensure that he will grease the wheels of justice to spin in […]
President Joyce Banda grateful to President Sata ZambianGovernment has donated 5 million litres of fuel to Malawi to assist the countryduring the funeral ceremony of fallen President Bingu wa Mutharika. In a statement released on Wednesday from the Malawi government’s Office of the President and Cabinet stated that Zambia gave Malawi the fuel to […]
Zambian President Michael Sata says he is deeply saddened with the demise of the late Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika, despite their difference including his arrest when he visited the country. In his letter of condolence to the newly inaugurated President, Her Excellency Joyce Banda, President Sata expressed his deep sense of shock and sadness […]