Five things about the Zambian election

Asking whether it’s proper to salute the person who coined the proverb that ‘mountains don’t meet but people do’ as wise may sound stupid.

Elections in Zanzibar have been annulled for not being free and fair, the electoral chief on the Tanzanian archipelago has announced.Rows between rival electoral commissioners had led to physical fights, Jecha Salum Jecha said.The opposition says the vote on the islands was cancelled because it won.
The main challenger in the national presidential election, Edward Lowassa, said the problems in Zanzibar could be mirrored across the country.Earlier, he called for the national electoral...

When Christopher Katongo won the 2012 BBC African Footballer of the Year award he inspired a new generation of Zambian footballers.

The villagers taking on a copper mine over polluted water

Tens of thousands of Zambians attend a state funeral for President Michael Sata, who died last month in a UK hospital at the age of 77.

Zambia's President Michael Sata, 77, dies in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, family sources say.

Zambian child bride tells of being forced to marry a stranger

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Zambian President, Edgar Lungu
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The newly elected Zambian President, Edgar Lungu, has announced that he will meet President Jakaya Kikwete soon in bilateral talks aimed at resolving the operational problems facing the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara). “The Tanzanian head of states ...

From a top Zambian investor who started out selling CDs