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Five Presidential candidates out of the nine contesting the forthcoming general election have signed a peace pact pledging to conduct peaceful campaigns. This was after a heated meeting called by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) in Lusaka today for presidential candidates taking part in the forthcoming elections. The five political parties are the Patriotic Front, United National Independence Party ...

    The Electoral Commission of Zambia says political party leaders should take full responsibility of the actions of their supporters and cadres. ECZ Chairperson Justice Esau Chulu says political parties should not view next month’s elections as a matter of life and death. Speaking in Lusaka this morning during a meeting of all presidential candidates on the need for ...

Some opposition Political parties are still not satisfied with the findings of an independent audit of the voters register which has not detected any foreign nationals on the register. The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) says it is not satisfied with the findings of the audit conducted on the 2016 register of voters which has revealed that there ...

The ruling Patriotic Front has charged that it is convinced that Mapenzi Chibulo, the UPND supporter shot dead last Friday was killed by alleged UPND hired criminals and not the Zambia Police. PF deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya has told a media briefing in Lusaka today that the party has established beyond reasonable doubt that the murder was a calculated scheme ...

More than 20 thousand by 50 kilogram bags of maize allegedly meant for illegal export have been seized. Taskforce against Maize Smuggling Chairperson Steady Mwale has told journalists in Lusaka that the maize seized from various parts of the country was to be illegally exported to Zimbabwe, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He says the seized maize ...

The opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has formally filed a petition in the Constitutional Court against the suspension of campaigns in Lusaka and Namwala Districts by the Electoral Commission of Zambia. The FDD has sued the ECZ as the first respondent and Attorney General Likando Kalaluka as the second respondent. Party Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says his party has opted to ...

The United Progressive People’s party (UPP) has demanded that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) instantly disqualifies the Patriotic Front and the United Party for National Development (UPND) from taking part in the forthcoming elections. UPP President Saviour Chishimba has told a media briefing in Lusaka today that if the two parties are allowed to participate in the elections and ...

President Edgar Lungu has noted with great concern the rampant disregard for human rights in Zambia. The Head of State made this observation this morning when he sworn in Human Rights Commission Chairperson Mudford Mwandenga and his Vice Kondwa Chibiya, Commissioners Dr. Harrington Akombwa, Ackson Zulu, Fred Waliuya and Yuyo Kambikambi and General Education Permanent Secretary Henry Tukombe. President Lungu ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has advised political parties aggrieved by its decision to suspend campaigns in Lusaka and Namwala districts to go ahead and seek legal redress. ECZ Public Relations Manager Crispin Akufuna says as far as the commission is concerned it is on firm ground of the law to have suspended the campaigns in the two Districts. ...

At least twelve people have died in a road traffic accident which happened around 12:50 hours on the Solwezi-Mutanda road near Mutanda Mission today. Road Transport and Safety Agency Head of Public Relations Fredrick Mubanga says preliminary investigations conducted by the RTSA have revealed that the crash was caused due to a tyre burst and over speeding. Mr Mubanga says ...