Zambia

  • Jan 29, 2009
  • 7 min read

CHINA/AFRICA: New scramble for agricultural resources

Unlike the acquisition of oil and mining leases by foreigners, the spectacle of external...

China
  • Jan 8, 2009
  • 2 min read

ZAMBIA: Mine nationalisation talk stems from tax issue

President Rupiah Banda raised the prospect of temporarily nationalising some copper mining...

Zambia
  • Jan 2, 2009
  • 13 min read

AFRICA: Commodities downturn dents mining prospects

Initial hopes that the global economic downturn would be shallow and short-lived are being...

Africa
  • Dec 29, 2008
  • 2 min read

ZAMBIA: Slowdown may force mining tax rethink

Central Bank Governor Caleb Fundanga today asked mining companies not to halt operations,...

Zambia
  • Nov 14, 2008
  • 2 min read

ZAMBIA: Sata challenges election result in court

Opposition Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata today launched a legal challenge to the October 30...

Zambia
  • Nov 6, 2008
  • 7 min read

ZAMBIA: Ruling party retains presidency

The opposition Patriotic Front said on November 3 that it would legally challenge Movement for...

Zambia
  • Nov 3, 2008
  • 2 min read

ZAMBIA: Ruling party retains presidency

Rupiah Banda was sworn in as president yesterday, after a narrow victory in the October 30...

Zambia
  • Oct 30, 2008
  • 2 min read

ZAMBIA: Sata makes strong challenge for presidency

Voters today choose a successor to President Levy Mwanawasa, who died in August.

Zambia