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Rights abusers want UN seats
afrol News, 7 May - A quarter of the countries vying for seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council have dismal human rights records that should disqualify them from membership, a joint report by Freedom House and UN Watch disclosed.
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More DRC refugees returned
afrol News, 6 May - The repatriation of hundreds of Congolese refugees in Zambia resumed at the weekend, with International Organization for Migration (IOM) facilitating the return of 800 refugees in Zambia's northern provinces. Read more
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Zambia calls for crisis talks
afrol News, 9 April - Zambian President and Chairman of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called for an emergency crisis meeting to discuss Zimbabawe's post-electoral impasse. Read more
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No pardon for Chiluba
afrol News, 31 March - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa said he will not bow down to several appeals to pardon his predecessor from facing corruption charges. Read more
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Rioting Zambia miners sacked
afrol News, 7 March - The sacked Zambian mine workers of Chambishi copper mining firm have been given three days to reapply for their jobs and give reasons why they should join the Chambishi copper smelter or risk losing face redundancy. Read more
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Zambia destroys pirated music
afrol News/ZANIS News, 6 February - The Zambian government has destroyed pirated products worth 6 billion Zambian kwacha (over a million euros) at the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) station in the Zambian northern border town of Nakonde. Read more
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Court backs Zambian satirist
afrol News, 24 January - The Supreme Court in Zambia has rejected the government's demands to deport a British satirists, Roy Clarke, for reportedly insulting the Zambian President, Levy Mwanawasa in 2004. Read more
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Zambia's AU bid gains boost
afrol News/ZANIS NEWS, 9 January - Zambia's bid for the African Union position of chairperson is gaining momentum with President Levy Mwanawasa requesting his Djibouti counterpart to support Zambia\'s candidate, Dr Inonge Mbikusita Lewanika. Read more
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Eergy for Zambia and others
The Post/ZANIS News , 26 December - Zambia's quest to develop an electricity inter-connector with two East African countries Kenya and Tanzania will work out once "we increase our tariffs," Zambia's Energy Permanent Secretary Peter Daka has said. Read more
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Zambia bans radio calls
afrol News, 14 December - The Zambian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services (MIBS) has banned Radio Lyambai in Mongu from broadcasting call-in programmes. Read more
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Zambia leader hails Zim progress
afrol News/ZANIS, 6 December - President Levy Mwanawasa has disclosed that satisfactory progress has been achieved in addressing the political situation in Zimbabwe. President Mwanawasa who is also SADC chairman, said this in Berlin today when he addressed SADC Ambassadors accredited to the Federal Republic of Germany. Read more
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SADC favours free trade
afrol News/ZANIS Feature Service , 3 December - At their 27th ordinary summit held from 15 to 17 August, 2007, in Lusaka, Zambia, heads of state and governments from the 14 member Southern Africa Development Community, SADC, resolved among other things to launch the Free Trade Area, FTA, by August, 2008 as part of the measures to enhance and strengthen regional economic integration and development through policy harmonisation and elimination of tariff and non tariff barriers among member states. Read more
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Zambian eyes AU post
afrol News/ZANIS Feature Service, 28 November - In continuing Zambia's contribution towards African unity, peace, economic development and integration, government has floated Zambia's current Ambassador to the United States of America Dr Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika as canditate for the post of Chairperson for the African Union (AU). Read more
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