Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow has called on incumbent Yahya Jammeh to accept defeat in last week’s election. President Jammeh initially appeared to concede after results showed he had clearly been defeated, but on Friday said he rejected the results “totally”. Mr Barrow said the president had “no constitutional authority to reject the results” and demand another election. The African Union ...

The opposition MMD says it does not agree with the recent observation by veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga that press freedom in Zambia is under threat. MMD National Secretary Raphael Nakachinda says his party which is in a working alliance with the PF is doing more action than talking to ensure that the freedom of the press is protected. Mr. Nakachinda ...

Political parties in the Country have been called upon not to relent at rendering checks and balances as government implements the economic recovery program. The opposition Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) believes that this is the role that the opposition has to play in lifting Zambia from the economic predicament it is currently in. ZED president Frederick Mutesa has ...

Government says President Edgar Lungu’s recent to trip to South Africa is part of the strides being made to open Zambia’s potential to export to that Country. Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba says such trips as President Lungu undertook to South Africa are meant to enhance interaction between that Country’s chamber of commerce to that of Zambia. Mr. Kalaba says ...

National Restoration Party (NAREP) leader Elias Chipimo junior has been reelected as party leader at a party convention held in Lusaka this afternoon. Mr. Chipimo got 65 votes to beat his rival Grace Gondwe who polled only 19 votes. NAREP vice president for administration Charles Maboshe and his counterpart for politics Ngosa Mwelwa both went unopposed. And Mr. Chipimo has ...