Zambia extends state of emergency by three months - presidency...

Malawi's former agriculture minister, George Chaponda, was arrested on Wednesday and faces graft charges over a procurement contract with neighbouring Zambia, his lawyer and the country's Anti-Corruption Bureau said on Wednesday.

Amos Chanda said police were making progress in investigations into a spate of arson attacks on markets and court houses, and had observed no new incidents since Lungu announced the emergency powers a week ago.

United Party for National Development (UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema was arrested in April and charged with treason for impeding president Edgar Lungu's motorcade.

Earlier this year HC ruled Royal Dutch Shell could not be sued in London over oil spills in Nigeria

Dar es Salaam is vying with the port of Mombasa in Kenya to become the trade hub for landlocked neighbours such as Zambia, Rwanda, Malawi, Burundi, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but both ports are hobbled by congestion and inefficiency.

Dozens of Chinese nationals who had been held for illegal mining in Zambia have departed the African country to return home, China's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

Three suspected drug peddlers, including a Zambian national, have been arrested and 30 gram heroin allegedly recovered from them, police said today. Phagwara SP Harwinder Singh Sandhu identified the peddlers as Manvir Singh alias Manu, Paul Lubinga and Ishwar ...

Saturday's extensive list of matches saw Guinea upset 2015 winners Ivory Coast in Bouake, Mozambique beat 2012 winners Zambia in Ndola and second-half goals from Tokelo Rantie and Percy Tau give South Africa a first-ever victory in a competitive international ...

At least 43 people were reportedly killed and several others injured in a bus accident, involving a Zambia bound King Lion bus, in Zimbabwe's Nyamakate area last night.A police spokesperson confirmed the accident on Thursday, saying that the driver had failed ...