Zambian President Edgar Lungu said on Tuesday his inauguration would be delayed until a court rules on a challenge from his main election rival who said the vote was rigged. Results on Monday showed Lungu narrowly won re-election in Africa’s second-largest copper producer which is suffering an economic slump due to depressed commodity prices. But […]
Zambia on Friday awaited the first election results from what is expected to have been a close contest between President Edgar Lungu and his main rival, who accuses him of mismanaging the economy. Lungu narrowly beat opponent Hakainde Hichilema in a presidential vote nearly 20 months ago to fill the vacancy created by the death […]
Zambia is heading for the polls just 18 months after the last presidential election, which saw Edgar Lungu win by less than 28,000 votes. BBC Focus on Africa editor Rachael Akidi looks at the issues in this election. What is special about this election? Zambia has been hailed as one of Africa’s most stable and […]
Across much of Zambia, a tense atmosphere prevails ahead of the country’s fifth elections in ten years. The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) – in power for only one term – has pulled out all the stops, covering the country’s biggest cities with enormous billboards and handing out countless branded t-shirts, caps, fedora hats and hooded […]
President Peter Mutharika has hired new diplomats to head Malawi missions in Japan and neighbouring Zambia,which have seen director of political affairs in Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Corporation, Warren Gunda getting a post to Lusaka. According to a statement issued by Office of President and Cabinet, President Mutharika has hired former deputy minister […]
Malawi hosted Zambia President Edgar Lungu and Mozambique leader Filipe Nyusi who had talks with President Peter Mutharika on modalities of addressing food insecurity and enhancing trade amongst the three neighbouring countries. The meeting, which lasted over five hours in Lilongwe, discussed the matter of refugees, political situation and transportation of goods on waterways and […]
The leaders of Malawi, Zambia and Mozambique have given the Shire-Zambezi Waterway project a boost when they agreed to expedite all the processes that have been hanging thereby delaying the realization of a project that was hatched by former leader Bingu wa Mutharika. Malawi President Arthur Peter Mutharika, Fillipe Nyusi of Mozambique and Zambia’s Edgar […]
Zambian President Edgar Lungu and his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi jet in Malawi on Monday but Malawi government officials have kept under key and lock details of the visit. A statement from the Office of the President and Cabinet says Lungu and Nyusi will arrive in Malawi on Monday morning with the Zambian leader arriving […]
Police in Balaka are keeping in custody a Zambian national suspected to have stolen money amounting to K300,000.00 from an Airtel Money Agent in Mangochi district. The law enforcers identified the suspect as Derrick Thole aged 32 and was arrested on Friday. According to In-charge of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at Balaka Police Station Assistant […]
The British diplomat Fergus Cochrane-Dyet who was expelled in Malawi has been appointed British High Commissioner to Zambia in succession to James Thornton, who has transferred to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Fergus Cochrane-Dyet was told to leave Malawi after he was quoted in a leaked cable as saying the late president Bingu wa Mutharika and […]
As maize price on the country’s liberalized market has almost tripled compared to government set price, Zambian maize flour has found its way onto the Malawi market and traders are raking in a fortune out of it. The maize flour, a product of Lusaka-based African Milling Company, was selling at MK5,000 per 25kg when it […]
Former Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda jets into Malawi Thursday in what officials say is a private visit. The Zambian High Commission to Malawi says in a statement Kaunda will, among other things, lay a wreath at former president Kamuzu Banda tomb in Lilongwe. The embassy has not released much details of Kaunda’s visit to Malawi […]
Man of the moment Prophet Shepherd Bushiri on Wednesday stormed Zambia on his private jet and had a similar presidential like security detail with hordes of Zambian Police including army soldiers spicing up his famed miracle crusade. Thousands of people came to his crusade as Bushiri – part of religious group Enlightened Christian Gathering – has […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika, who was in Zambia for official visit, paid tribute to the three fallen heads of the Republic of Zambia. Mutharika visited the Embassy Park in Lusaka, Sunday the burial site of Zambia’s heads of state. The President laid a wreath on late Michael Sata’s resting place. Sata is the fifth president of […]
President Peter Mutharika who is in Zambia for official visit has said that both Malawi and Zambia are likely to benefit from the Zambia’s 89thAgricultural and commercial show. Speaking at Lusaka show grounds where he officially opened this year’s show under the theme “Innovation Beyond the Golden Jubilee”, Mutharika said , the Agricultural and Commercial […]
President Peter Mutharika has said Malawi is in the process of diversifying its economy and move into mining , saying his administration seeks to learn from Zambia experience to entice foreign investment and position the country as a competitive mining destination. Mutharika said at state banquet (mapwevupwevu) hosted by Zambia President Edgar Lungu on Friday […]
President Peter Mutharika on a two day-official visit to Zambia is faced with a tight schedule over the weekend. Mutharika and his Zambian counterpart Edgar Lungu will have interface with the media and will also be accorded with a state banquet organized by the Zambian President. On August 1, 2015, Mutharika is expected to take part […]
The woes of old age are catching up with President Peter Mutharika, with the 76-year-old increasingly making gaffes in his speeches, the latest being at Sanjika Palace during the state banquet [Mpwevupwevu] organised in honour of Zambia President Edgar Lungu for gracing Malawi’s 51 anniversary independence celebrations. Mutharika mistakenly referred to Lungu as President of […]