Month: August 2021 Posts

Zambia’s Lungu concedes defeat

Aug 16, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Zambian President Edgar Lungu has accepted defeat in the presidential election and has congratulated president-elect Hakainde Hichilema. Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) won the August 12 election with 2,810,777 votes while… ...

Zambia: Opposition candidate Hichilema wins presidential election

Aug 16, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema has been elected President of Zambia after defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu in the 12 August presidential election Electoral Commission of Zambia Chairperson Esau Chulu declared Mr. Hichilema as duly Zambia 's… ...

Zambian President Lungu complains of violence as Hichilema takes early lead

Aug 14, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Zambian President Edgar Lungu has declared the presidential and parliamentary elections in Zambia as "not free and fair”,  saying the polls were characterized by acts of violence. Lungu said in a statement released by State… ...

Zambia jails top photographer, Chella Tukuta, for lying on Facebook

Jul 15, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Neighbouring country Zambia is leaving no stone unturned in checking the abuse of social media. A court in the country has jailed a celebrity photography for posting defamatory information on his Facebook page. In May… ...

We must protect Africa from those who want to destroy the continent– Chakwera

Jul 02, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has hailed former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda for his efforts to build a new pan-African generation and he has called on African leaders to become a fortress that protects Africa from those… ...

Mwase names COSAFA provisional squad

Jun 25, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Flames coach Meck Mwase has named a 39-man provisional squad that will go in camp at the Mpira Village in Blantyre on Monday June 28,2021 in preparation for the 2021 COSAFA Cup to be held… ...

Malawians mourn Kenneth Kaunda

Jun 18, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawians have mourned the death former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda whose father hailed from Malawi. Kaunda died yesterday at a hospital in Lusaka. The 97-year-old was president of Zambia from 1964 to 1991. Former President… ...