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24Aug/21

Inauguration Speech by the President of the Republic of Zambia His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema

August 24, 2021Zambia ElectionsAfrica, Anderson, Chilando Chitangala, Continents, Countries, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, Edgar Lungu, Esau Chulu, Esther Lungu, Government, Hakainde Hichilema, Inonge, Irene Chirwa, k. Nalumango, kenneth david kaunda, Kenneth Kaunda, Lusaka, michael musonda, Mutale Nalumango, NATIONAL FARMERS UNION, Outline of Zambia, patrick matibini, Presidents of Zambia, Rupiah Bwezani Banda, Simon K. Miti, Thandiwe Banda, United Party for National Development, Wina, Women in Zambia, Zambia, Zambian general election, zambianssmbale

Republic of Zambia Inauguration Speech by the President of the Republic of Zambia, His Excellency Hakainde Hichilema, delivered on Tuesday, 24th august, 2021 at the
National Heroes Stadium Lusaka Community House
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03May/21

Zambia – 2021 World Press Freedom Day #PostForThePress

May 3, 2021MediaAfrica, Countries, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, Edgar Lungu, Enock, Enock Ngoma, Freedom of the press, Geography of Africa, Journalism, Lusaka, Maureen Bwalya, UNESCO, World Press Freedom Day, Zambiasmbale

THE 2021 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY COMMEMORATION

Lusaka, Zambia. May 3, 2021 — The Media Liaison Committee, through its World Press Freedom Day local organising committee, is pleased to announce to all journalists, media institutions and other stakeholders that we shall physically commemorate this year’s event on May 3. In Lusaka, the commemoration will also involve a marchpast from the High Court grounds to the Freedom Statue.
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28Apr/21

Happy 97th Birthday Kenneth Kaunda

April 28, 2021PoliticsAfrica, Bemba, Countries, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, Edgar Lungu, Geography of Africa, Ken, Kenneth Kaunda, Presidents of Zambia, Prime Ministers of Zambia, View, Zambiasmbale

Today is yet another important day as we celebrate the birthday of our nation’s founding father and the First Republican President, Dr Kenneth Kaunda.
As a nation, we admire your fight for freedom that led to the independence of not only the Republic of Zambia but other African nations too. Indeed the story of Africa can not be told without the mention of your name.
Join me in wishing Super Ken a Happy 97th Birthday, good health and many more years.
Zambia Celebrates you.

#SuperKen #CelebratingKaunda #OneZambiaOneNation

Source: Edgar Chagwa Lungu
@EdgarChagwaLungu · Politician

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23Dec/19

U.S. recalls its ambassador to Zambia after gay rights row – sources

December 23, 2019PoliticsAfrica, ambassador, City: Washington, Company: Reuters Washington, Countries, Country: Uganda, Country: United States, Country: Zambia, Daniel Foote, Diplomatic Relations, Edgar Lungu, Editor: Ed Osmond, Foreign relations of Zambia, Geography of Africa, Journalist: Chris Mfula, Lusaka, Person Career, Person Communication and Meetings, president, Quotation, Reuters, Social Issues, the U.S. ambassador, U.S. embassy, Uganda, United States, Washington, Zambiasmbale

LUSAKA, Dec 23 (Reuters) – The United States has withdrawn its ambassador to Zambia following a row with authorities in the southern African nation after he criticised the jailing of a gay couple, embassy sources said on Monday.
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06Dec/19

New EIA Report, Mukula Cartel

December 6, 2019EnvironmentBlack markets, China, City: Washington, Company: Forest Campaigns, Company: Norske Skogsind, Company: ZAMBIA FORESTRY, Contact Details, Contacts Lindsay Moran, Country: China, Country: United States, Country: Zambia, Director, Edgar Lungu, EIA, Environment, Environmental crime, Environmental Investigation Agency, Extinction, Family Relation, Forest Industries Corporation Limited, Forestry, Given Lubinda, Government, Government of Zambia, Head of Communications, Illegal logging, illicit timber networks, illicit trafficking networks, influential timber trafficking network, [email protected], Jean Kapata, justice minister, Lindsay Moran, Lisa Handy, Logging, Mike Mukula, Minister, Natural environment, Nature, Nkula, Nkula Kafula Musungu II, Patriotic Front, Person Career, president, President of Zambia, public services, Quotation, Region: Central Africa, Region: Southern Africa, rosewood trafficking networks, Tasila Lungu, United States, Washington, Wildlife smuggling, Wildlife trade, Zambiasmbale

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Mukula Cartel, exposes how associates connected to Zambian President Edgar Lungu, including his daughter Tasila Lungu, onetime resident of the United States of America, are reportedly involved in the plunder of valuable, increasingly scarce, mukula rosewood trees; and hence the destruction of Zambia’s vulnerable forests. The investigation shows that despite public pledges to end the illegal mukula trade, several politicians are repeatedly named as key actors in an influential timber trafficking network that bypasses existing national bans on mukula harvest and export.
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13Aug/17

Zambia to Drop Treason Charges Against Opposition Leader – Sources

August 13, 2017Zambia ElectionsAfrica, Baroness Patricia, Baroness Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth of Nations, Countries, Edgar Lungu, Geography of Africa, Hakainde Hichilema, High treason in the United Kingdom, Lusaka, Miles Sampa, Politics, United Party for National Development, World, Zambia, Zambian general electionsmbale

LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia plans to drop treason charges against the country’s main opposition leader and free him from prison on Monday under a deal brokered by the Commonwealth secretary-general, government and legal sources told Reuters. Continue reading →

12Aug/17

Britain’s Tullow launches oil, gas exploration in Zambia

August 12, 2017EconomyAfrica, Business/Finance, Commonwealth of Nations, Company: Tullow, Countries, Country: Zambia, Edgar Lungu, Environment, Geography of Africa, Ian Cloke, Lusaka, Outline of Zambia, Tullow Oil, Zambiasmbale

LUSAKA, Aug 11 (Reuters) – British company Tullow Oil on Friday started exploring for oil and gas in Zambia, Africa’s No.2 copper producer, as the country pushes to diversify its economy and reduce its reliance on the industrial metal.
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06Jul/17

Lungu invokes emergency powers in Zambia after market blaze

July 6, 2017PoliticsAfrica, Chitalu Chilufya, Countries, Edgar Lungu, Geography of Africa, Government, Inauguration of Edgar Lungu, Lusaka, Politics, Presidents of Zambia, Zambiasmbale

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA (REUTERS) – President Edgar Lungu said on Thursday (July 6) he had invoked emergency powers in Zambia to deal with acts of sabotage by the opposition, after fire gutted the country’s biggest market. Continue reading →

05Jul/17

Zambia’s President to seek parliament approval to declare state of emergency

July 5, 2017PoliticsAfrica, Countries, Edgar Lungu, Geography of Africa, Government, Inauguration of Edgar Lungu, Lusaka, Zambiasmbale

LUSAKA, July 5 (Reuters) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu will seek parliament’s approval to impose emergency laws, he said on Wednesday, after a fire gutted the country’s biggest market in what Lungu said was a politically motivated arson attack.
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05Jul/17

Zambia’s biggest market gutted, government suspects arson

July 5, 2017DisasterAfrica, City: Lusaka, Commonwealth of Nations, Continents, Countries, Edgar Lungu, Esther Mwaata-Katongo, Geography of Africa, Hakainde Hichilema, Inonge Wina, Kakoma Kanganja, Kwacha, Lusaka, Man-Made Disaster, Politics of Zambia, United Party for National Development, Zambia, Zambian general electionsmbale

LUSAKA, July 4 (Reuters) – Fire gutted part of Zambia’s biggest market in the nation’s capital on Tuesday in what the government suspected was an act of arson as tensions rise following the arrest of an opposition leader.
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