Vol 44 No 5 | ZAMBIA Poison and bankruptcy 7th March 2003 Arresting the former President sets a precedent and splits the ruling party The arrest of former President Frederick Chiluba on 24 February, to face 66 charges of corruption, will make a lot of African leaders even keener to hold on to their jobs. It could...
Vol 43 No 22 | ZAMBIA Undoing the rigging 8th November 2002 Was the election rigged? Must there be a fresh election? Later this month, the Supreme Court will resume hearing a petition on those questions.
Vol 43 No 19 | ZAMBIA Corruption club 27th September 2002 Mwanawasa's anti-corruption claims are in doubt as evidence of election-rigging emerges 'I will gladly step down if the court rules that I was elected fraudulently,' announced President Levy Mwanawasa on 19 September. Anderson Mazoka, the runner-up in last December's ...
Vol 43 No 17 | ZAMBIA Looking for clues 30th August 2002 Zambia's under-paid detectives are no match for the sophisticated networks built up by ex-President Frederick Chiluba. The taskforce on allegations of plunder by him (AC Vol 43 No ...
Vol 43 No 15 | ZAMBIA No immunity 26th July 2002 Zambia's parliament voted unanimously on 16 July to lift ex-President Frederick Chiluba's immunity from prosecution. A criminal investigation will now open into those said to have ...
Vol 43 No 14 | ZAMBIA Levy at war 12th July 2002 As the new President fights the old crowd, even mattresses are weapons President Levy Mwanawasa has declared war on Frederick Chiluba, the man he replaced at the election last December. Chiluba's friends regard Mwanawasa as weak and ungrateful; they s...
Vol 43 No 12 | ZAMBIA Cobalt crunch 14th June 2002 This week, Finance Minister Emmanuel Kasonde receives the final audit report explaining how Zambia lost at least US$60 million in a cobalt marketing agreement with Bahamas-based Me...
Vol 43 No 9 | ZAMBIA Who's got the money? 3rd May 2002 It still isn't clear just who won the election and who stole the cash President Levy Mwanawasa has bounced back from his stolen election in December and is surprising his many detractors by fending off both the opposition (which holds 81 of parliamen...
Vol 43 No 9 | ZAMBIA Cobalt cash 3rd May 2002 An audit report will soon be released on how Zambia's state mining company lost as much as US$60 million exporting cobalt to the Bahamas-based Metal Resources Group. That was in Pr...
Vol 43 No 6 | ZAMBIA Levy's trials 22nd March 2002 President Levy Mwanawasa is at war with his predecessor, Frederick Chiluba, who resents his independent spirit. Chiluba, who is still President of the governing Movement for Multi-...