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Zambia president seeks to ease impact of downturn

AFP Global Edition 68 days ago

Zambia's President Rupiah Banda said Friday his government was working on a plan to ease the effects of the world economic crisis which has caused the loss of thousands of key mining jobs in the African nation. Banda said fiscal and monetary ...

Suspected food poisoning strikes 150 at Zambian funeral

AFP Global Edition 71 days ago

Some 150 mourners at a weekend Zambian funeral were hospitalised with suspected food poisoning after consuming food and drink made of maize, a health ministry official said Monday. The 153 people in Luanshya, 250 kilometres north of the capital, were affected after ...

Zambia prosecutors decide no appeal in Chiluba acquittal

AFP Global Edition 88 days ago

Zambia's top prosecutor has decided not to appeal the acquittal of former president Frederick Chiluba, who was cleared last week in an embezzlement case, state media reported Friday. "An appeal should only be lodged when there is a likelihood of it succeeding," ...

Zambia prosecutors decide no appeal over Chiluba

AFP Global Edition 89 days ago

Zambia's top prosecutor has decided not to appeal the acquittal of former president Frederick Chiluba, who was cleared last week in an embezzlement case, state media reported Friday. "An appeal should only be lodged when there is a likelihood of it succeeding," ...

Zambian president launches new anti-corruption plan

AFP Global Edition 89 days ago

Zambia's President Rupiah Banda on Thursday launched a new national anti-corruption policy, hoping to erase doubts over his government's anti-graft credentials after former leader Frederick Chiluba was cleared of embezzlement. A court 10 days ago cleared Chiluba, a flamboyant former president, but ...

Zambia axes anti-graft chief

AFP Global Edition 90 days ago

Zambia's top graft-buster has been fired, the government said Wednesday, after he sought to appeal the acquittal of former president Frederick Chiluba in an embezzlement case. The secretary to cabinet, Joshua Kanganja, said in a statement that the government had decided not ...

Zambian court releases Chiluba's passport

AFP Global Edition 91 days ago

A Zambian court on Tuesday reinstated the passport of former president Frederick Chiluba, acquitted last week of embezzling half a million dollars in public funds during his decade in power. The state confiscated Chiluba's passport six years ago when it instituted corruption ...

Ex-Zambian leader Chiluba cleared in graft case

AFP Global Edition 99 days ago

Zambia's ex-president Frederick Chiluba, known for flashy suits and custom elevator shoes, on Monday was cleared of charges that he embezzled 500,000 dollars in public funds during his decade in power. "We are satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the prosecution failed to ...

Ex-Zambian leader acquitted of corruption charges

AP News 99 days ago

Former Zambian President Chiluba acquitted of corruption charges following 6-year trial A magistrate acquitted former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba of corruption charges Monday after a six-year trial in a ruling that left his supporters jubilant but clean-government campaigners in Africa frustrated. Chiluba, ...

Zambia ex-president Chiluba acquitted of graft

Reuters US Online Report World News 100 days ago

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba was acquitted on Monday of all charges in what was seen as a landmark corruption case against an ex-African head of state. Zambia has earned praise from Western donors for cracking down on corruption, ...

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