Zambia’s former First Lady Esther Lungu and her daughter Chiyeso Katete have been arrested over possession of properties suspected to be proceeds of crime. The two were arrested on Thursday in the capital, Lusaka, alongside another close relative identified as Charles Phiri, authorities said. Ms Lungu “failed to give a …
Read More »Churches In Zambia Order To Limit Worship Time To 2 Hours
Churches in Zambia have been ordered to limit worship time to two hours as part of measures to curb the spread of cholera. No sale of perishable and ready-to-eat foods in all churches, Ndiwa Mutelo, a senior official in charge of religious affairs, said. Worshippers have also been urged to …
Read More »IMF Urges Ghana, Zambia And Others To Tighten Monetary Policy Further
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) wants countries such as Zambia and Ghana with very high inflation or acute domestic demand pressures to tighten their monetary policy further. For countries with pegged exchange rates, the Fund, said, in its October 2022 Africa Regional Outlook Report that the amount of tightening needed …
Read More »Zambia’s First President Kenneth Kaunda Dies
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died aged 97. Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, on Monday suffering from pneumonia. His aides said he did not have Covid-19. In the 1950s, …
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