After just two weeks in office, Zambia's president has replaced the country's police chief, top anti-corruption official, central bank governor, state utility CEO and scores of lower-ranking public servants.
Zambia’s newly elected president Michael Sata has been a policeman, car assembly worker, trade unionist and platform sweeper. Now he can add the job of president.
Michael Sata, the populist leader of Zambia’s opposition, has been declared the country’s next president after a tense election marred by outbursts of violence that left two people dead.
A challenger who has lost three previous presidential polls is taking a comfortable lead after votes from more than half Zambia’s constituencies have been tallied.
Zambia’s high court has issued an injunction blocking independent media from publishing results of the country’s elections before they are officially released by the national electoral commission.
Fresh violence has broken out in Zambia after angry residents threw stones at police and polling staff vehicles bringing ballot boxes to a counting centre.
Election officials in Zambia are tallying ballots, a day after a tumultuous vote that saw angry residents riot in poor neighbourhoods around the capital, Lusaka.
Voting in Zambia has ended and first results are expected late on Wednesday with scattered violence having been reported in impoverished areas of the country’s capital Lusaka.
Zambia’s independence leader and former president Kenneth Kaunda has called for peace as he cast his ballot in elections marred by rioting in the capital’s slums.
Long queues of mainly young voters are snaking outside polling stations in the capital Lusaka, Zambia where a closely contested national election has begun.
President Rupiah Banda has made a stern call for peace as Zambians prepare to cast their votes in hotly contested elections that will see him face off against fiery rival Michael Sata.
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A Zambian court has cleared President Rupiah Banda to take part in next month's elections after the opposition sought to have him blocked on grounds that he does not qualify.
Zambian President Rupiah Banda has launched his re-election campaign, urging voters to reward his stewardship of the economy which has experienced bumper harvest and mining boom.
Zambian President Rupiah Banda has formally announced the death of Zambia’s former leader Frederick Chiluba saying he would be missed across the world.
The prime minister in Ivory Coast's internationally recognised government say that force is still the best option to resolve his country's political deadlock.
Reports say energy, mining and agriculture are among key items on the agenda in talks between President Jacob Zuma and his Zambian counterpart.
President Rupiah Banda has urged Zambians not to condemn Chinese managers for shooting 12 workers at Maamba Collum coal mine, saying other people also shoot their employees.
State doctors in Zambia have returned to work a week after going on strike, but say the government has yet to resolve the problems facing the health sector.
The Global Fund has suspended more than $300m in health assistance to Zambia because of concerns about corruption.
A Zambian priest arrested on suspicion of calling for the removal of President Rupiah Banda has been released on bail amid public protest over his detention.
Zambia police have arrested a Roman Catholic priest, accusing him of calling for the removal of the government of President Rupiah Banda.
Zambia's former leader Frederick Chiluba has endorsed President Rupiah Banda for re-election next year.
Zambian President Rupiah Banda has fired a minister in his cabinet without giving any explanation for the sacking.
Zambian President Rupiah Banda and Zimbabwean counterpart Robert Mugabe have opened a "one-stop" border post near Lake Kariba.
Zambia will disband the anti-graft team that prosecuted ex-president Frederick Chiluba, drawing accusations that the government is seeking to bury the case two months after his acquittal.
Zambian civil society groups have called on citizens to wear black clothes and "honk" once a week to protest the graft acquittal of ex-president Frederick Chiluba.
Zambian President Rupiah Banda has ordered scores of monkeys removed from the grounds of his official residence, after one urinated on his head during a news conference, a parks official says.
Zambia's opposition has accused President Rupiah Banda of interfering in the courts to secure the acquittal of former leader Frederick Chiluba in a long-running corruption case.
Zambian opposition parties have announced plans to impeach President Rupiah Banda for violation of the constitution during the time he was acting president.
Zambian opposition leaders have called for early presidential and parliamentary elections in a bid to end what they call massive suffering of citizens in the country.
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Wiping away a tear, Zambian president Rupiah Banda has conceded electoral defeat to opposition leader Michael Sata and urged his supporters to accept the result peacefully.
Two people were killed in riots that erupted in Zambia's crucial copper-mining region, as anger boiled over at the slow pace of the vote count in this week's neck-and-neck presidential election.
Riots have erupted in two Zambian mining towns over the slow pace of results from this week’s polls, as EU observers accuse the ruling party of abusing state resources in the campaign.
Hackers have attacked Zambia’s election commission website, posting a string of false results showing opposition leader Michael Sata in the lead and causing delays to the release of the official tally.
Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata is leading in the first election results that have been released, but the race remains a toss-up with only a fraction of votes counted.
Officials in Zambia have not announced early election results after a night of vote counting following a tumultuous poll marred by violence, late poll openings and fraud accusations.
Stone-throwing mobs have smashed cars and blocked roads during voting in Zambia's capital, after opposition leader Michael Sata accused President Rupiah Banda's rival camp of rigging the ballot.
A riot has erupted in one of the Zambian capital’s most populated slums after opposition supporters claimed they found a man carrying pre-marked ballot papers for national elections now underway.
Zambians have begun voting in national elections to choose their leaders for the next five years, in what analysts say will be a tight race for the ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy.
Ten candidates are on the Zambian presidential ballot, but only President Rupiah Banda and his main opponent, Michael Sata, are considered contenders.
President Rupiah Banda hopes Zambia's mining boom will propel him to re-election over main opposition leader Michael Sata, who made his name slamming the growing Chinese presence in the country.
Zambia's main opposition party the Patriotic Front has accused President Rupiah Banda of lying about his parents' nationality and asked a court to block him from contesting next month's polls.
Zambian President Rupiah Banda has set elections for September 20, hoping a humming economy will help him win his first full term in office against an opposition whose alliance has already cracked.
Zambia’s president Rupiah Banda expects his MMD party to score an easy victory in an election in Africa’s biggest copper producer that he says will be coming in a matter of months.
Zambian President Rupiah Banda is set to address Africa’s Great Lakes nations at a summit aimed at curbing the illegal exploitation of diamonds, oil and gold, which has fuelled armed conflicts.
Tensions have sharpened in Zambia since two Chinese mine allegedly shot and injured 12 miners who were protesting against their working conditions.
Zambia's President Rupiah Banda has urged investors to ensure worker safety to avoid mining accidents similar to the one in Chile, where trapped miners have just been rescued.
Zambia has played down fears of a looming health crisis after the Global Fund suspended more than $300m in health assistance to the country citing corruption.
Zambian President Rupiah Banda has shaken up the country’s defence and security services in a move to boost morale among junior officers ahead of next year’s elections.
Zambian civil society groups have called for the immediate release of a priest arrested on suspicion of calling for the removal of President Rupiah Banda's government.
Zambia’s President Rupiah Banda says he is ready to contest the 2011 elections, challenging members of his party to contest his candidature at the party’s convention.
Zambia and Rwanda have agreed to jointly identify and arrest 1994 genocide suspects who may be living in Zambia as refugees, a report says.
The gains in Zambia's economy haven't rubbed off on President Rupiah Banda, who has been embroiled in battles over media freedom and fighting corruption.
Zambia is set to strengthen anti-corruption laws, President Rupiah Banda says, as he seeks to mend the country's reputation for fighting graft.
Zambian President Rupiah Banda has told opponents seeking to challenge him for the ruling party's leadership that they should resign.
Zambia's President Rupiah Banda has defended his government's scrapping of a 25% mining windfall tax following criticism from civic groups and opposition political parties.
The widow of Zambia's late president Levy Mwanawasa has urged the nation to carry on his fight against corruption, after his predecessor Frederick Chiluba was cleared of embezzlement charges.
Three Zambian journalists have accused ruling party members of beating them up while they tried to cover the arrival of the country's President Rupiah Banda.
Africa’s largest trading bloc Comesa has raised the possibility of military intervention to restore constitutional order in Madagascar.