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  Zambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The major figure in Zambian politics from 1964 to 1991 was Kenneth Kaunda, who led the campaign for independence and successfully bridged the rivalries among the country's various regions and ethnic groups.
Zambia was the first African state to cooperate with the International Tribunal investigation of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Zambia was active in the Congolese peace effort after the signing of a cease-fire agreement in Lusaka in July and August 1999, although activity diminished considerably after the Joint Military Commission tasked with implementing the ceasefire relocated to Kinshasa in September 2001.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zambia   (3096 words)

  
 Politics of Zambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) became a republic immediately upon attaining independence in October 1964.
The major figure in Zambian politics from 1964 to 1991 was Kenneth Kaunda, who led the fight for independence and successfully bridged the rivalries among the country's various regions and ethnic groups.
Kaunda's political party--the United National Independence Party (UNIP)--was founded in 1959 and was in power under Kaunda's leadership from 1964 to 1991.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Zambia   (1635 words)

  
 Why War? Keywords: Zambia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I was praying for God to give me food." Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Lesotho have already declared national disasters, and Mozambique and S...
...ent and Grenadines, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Zambia.
Nhlanga trained in Ethiopia and Zambia before being sent to fight with Mugabe's followers.
www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/places/Zambia   (249 words)

  
 Zambia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Republic of Zambia is a landlocked country in south-central Africa.
The indigenous hunter-gatherer occupants of Zambia began to be displaced or absorbed by more advanced migrating tribes about 2,000 years ago.
On December 31, 1963, the federation was dissolved, and Northern Rhodesia became the Republic of Zambia on October 24, 1964.
www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Zambia   (2960 words)

  
 Politics of Zambia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In response to growing popular demand for multi-party (A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them) democracy, and after lengthy, difficult negotiations between the Kaunda government and opposition groups, Zambia enacted a new constitution in August 1991.
Zambia is divided into nine (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) provinces, each administered by an appointed deputy (A person appointed to a high office in the government) minister who essentially performs the duties of a (The head of a state government) governor.
The major figure in Zambian politics from 1964 to 1991 was (Statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (born in 1924)) Kenneth Kaunda, who led the fight for independence and successfully bridged the rivalries among the country's various regions and ethnic groups.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/politics_of_zambia.htm   (1653 words)

  
 Polity IV Country Report 2003: Zambia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Despite the return of competitive electoral politics to Zambia, hopes of democratic consolidation soon evaporated as President Chiluba concentrated on consolidating his own power through the periodic use emergency decrees, control of the media and, most importantly, through the manipulation of the constitution.
Despite the flawed nature of the electoral campaign, political observers suggest that the new parliament, in which opposition parties hold at least 76 of the 158 seats, would be the most representative since the country acquired independence from Britain.
While over 30 political parties freely operate in Zambia, throughout the 1990s the government of President Chiluba used its control of the political institutions of governance (including the media) to actively undermine the ability of these parties to effectively challenge the political hegemony of the MMD.
www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/polity/Zam1.htm   (1534 words)

  
 Politics | Zambia's 'stolen' £13m is frozen
Zambia has filed a lawsuit in London against its former president, demanding the return of a multimillion-dollar fortune allegedly plundered from state coffers.
Zambia has brought the case following an investigation by its anti-corruption taskforce into claims that Chiluba embezzled millions from public funds during his 10-year rule.
He says that rival politicians are pursuing a vendetta against him, and is challenging the jurisdiction of the London court to hear the case.
politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5224219-115539,00.html   (275 words)

  
 Zambia: democratization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The fall and rise of multi-party politics in Zambia / Carolyn Baylies / Morris Szeftel.
Zambia is the first English-speaking country in Africa to complete a democratic transition peacefully.
On the political processes which led to the creation of the one-party state in December 1972, and the nature of the United National Independence Party (UNIP)'s politics prior to independence, arguing that the one-party system is rooted in the nature of the colonial system: Ends discussing conditions for a true democratization in Zamiba.
www.eldis.org /ggov/afri_zam.html   (928 words)

  
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Tribalism in Zambia is politically motivated - a political contest among the Tonga, Lozi and Bemba for ethnic domination.
Demographically Zambia is heavily populated by the Lunda-Luba tribal offshoots, scattered across Luapula, Northern and Central Provinces.
Throughout his beleaguered political career Kaunda, took account of the prevalence of ethnic and tribal allegiances and allocated political portfolios according to the relative strengths of tribal and ethnic loyalties.
www.worldsocialism.org /wsm-pages/zambia3.html   (1052 words)

  
 Tour Zambia Home Page
Zambia is one of the most stable and strife free countries in Africa.
Even though Zambia did not contain much mineral wealth, the territory had to be occupied by the British if only to prevent the Portuguese from winning their age-old claim to the area.
On the broadly political front, African nationalist feeling had been growing since the 1939-45 world war, in which many Zambians fought for the Allies in Burma.
www.tourzambia.com /zambia/politics.htm   (672 words)

  
 Contemporary Review: Zambia's future—After its elections
ZAMBIA is a landlocked and sparsely populated country, with ten million people, made up of more than seventy ethnic groups, living in an area the size of France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland combined.
When Zambia went to the polling booths in presidential and parliamentary elections, it was the most closely fought presidential race since Zambia's independence in 1964.
As in previous elections in Zambia, this one was once again marked by widespread allegations of vote rigging and political interference in the electoral process.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2242/is_1634_280/ai_85370542   (1368 words)

  
 Politics and Economics in Zambia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The IMF and the World Bank began to support the country with aid once again, but the liberalisation of exchange controls led to food prices soaring, the currency falling and an increase in unemployment as nationalised industries were privatised.
The political situation also suffered and the MMD was accused of unfair practices in the 1996 elections.
Zambia holds 6% of the world's copper reserves and many gem quality stones are also exported.
www.infotour-africa.com /zambia_politics.htm   (339 words)

  
 OUP: Politics in the Developing World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Peter Burnell is a Professor in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick.
Politics in the Developing World identifies and analyses these processes of change that are transforming the politics of the Third World, bringing them together in an edited textbook.
It deals with central political themes and issues in the developing world, such as globalization, (both economic and cultural, and resistance to this) inequality, identity, religion, the military, democracy, the environment, and policy development.
www.oup.com /isbn/0-19-926442-2?view=za   (753 words)

  
 Zambia shall be Saved - political - launch speech   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It affects the politics, economics and the social welfare of all citizens.
Since Anglo announced its intentions to pull out of Zambia, I have taken great interest in how we ensure that we reduce the pain of the 11,000 plus families that will be affected by this move.
Zambia will support you, and that is all you need at present, the support of the Zambian people.
www.zambiashallbesaved.org /political.html   (2189 words)

  
 POLITICS-ZAMBIA: Tensions Simmer Over New Constitution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
There is also a recommendation that that the president would need to achieve victory in more than five of Zambia's nine provinces (to ensure widespread support for the head of state), and that a new leader should not be sworn in until all claims of vote rigging had been resolved by the courts.
The constitution that Zambia acquired upon gaining independence from Britain was replaced in 1973 under President Kenneth Kaunda - who used the new draft to transform the country into a one-party state.
In 1991, the document was changed to mark the resumption of multi-party politics in Zambia - while yet another constitutional review came in 1996, setting term limits on the presidency.
www.ipsnews.net /africa/interna.asp?idnews=25460   (924 words)

  
 POLITICS-ZAMBIA: Women make slow, but steady Progress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Since the policy was adopted more women in Zambia have joined this fight, as evidenced by the number of women that participated in the 2001 presidential elections, where Zambia broke the record to become the first country in the region to have two women contesting.
The two female presidential candidates were Gwendoline Konnie, a former diplomat who served Zambia in several diplomatic missions before forming the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 2001, and Inonge Mbikusita Lewanika a former minister in the Chiluba Government who took over the leadership of Agenda for Zambia (AZ) from her brother Akashabatwa Mbikusita Lewanika.
Lungu says it is evident enough that Zambia could be achieving the 30 percent SADC quota of women in government if more women were educated about their rights and the need to support each other.
www.ipsnews.net /africa/interna.asp?idnews=19280   (1333 words)

  
 INHEA: Zambia publications
Goma, L. The university of Zambia and the quest for excellence and relevance.
Lungu, G. Educational policy-making in colonial Zambia: The case of higher education for Africans from 1924 to 1964.
Idoye, E. Popular theatre and politics in Zambia: A case study of the University of Zambia (Chikwaka) Theatre.
www.bc.edu /bc_org/avp/soe/cihe/inhea/pubs_country/Zambia.htm   (375 words)

  
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At present, the two main combatants are the Press Association of Zambia (Paza), a pressure group representing the interests of journalists, and the government.
Paza and the Zambia Union of Journalists have bitterly condemned the bill as tantamount to muzzling the media.
Prominent personalities from the churches, trade unions, the media, lawyers and political parties have been asked to sit on the committee.
www.eff.org /Misc/Publications/Declan_McCullagh/www/zambia/report.102494.txt   (471 words)

  
 Zambia on the Internet
Has full text of their 1998 Zambia Human Rights Report, The Dilemma of Local Courts in Zambia, The Zambia Human Rights Report 1997, Inter-Party Dialogue in Zambia (May/June 1996 Report).
Has a political parties directory, the results of the 1991 and 1996 presidential elections, the 1998 local government elections, the 1991and 1996 parliamentary elections, text of election related Acts, members of Parliament announcements.
Zambia site (though based in Houston, Texas) "to educate the world about our beloved country and introduce people to uplifting and positive projects in Zambia." Discussion on society, sections for women (hair, etc.), Zambian musicians, kids, books, community site for Zambians abroad, etc. Maintained by Veronica Mahongo Kachaka.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/zambia.html   (2872 words)

  
 The party system and party politics in Zambia
Zambia's record of democracy in the 1990s has been much criticized, at home and abroad.
Far from being a legacy of the Second Republic's one-party state, its ancestry, and other aspects of contemporary party politics, can be traced back much further, even as far back as colonial times.
In Zambia as elsewhere in Africa democratization requires political organization to provide strong compensation for the unfavourable socio-economic conditions.
www2.warwick.ac.uk /fac/soc/pais/staff/burnell/publications/thepartysysteminzambia   (260 words)

  
 Times of Zambia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
IT should be obvious by now to all observers, that trade relationship between Zambia and Zimbabwe is still experiencing knotty problems that are yet to be resolved.
THE honouring of Zambia’s first president Dr Kenneth Kaunda today by President Mwanawasa is significant in the country’s history and a step forward in the moulding of the nation’s young democracy.
It is even worse when it involves politics, a trade that solely thrives on talking mountains of words of little substance.
www.times.co.zm /news/archives.cgi?category=3&view=1.13.03-1.23.03   (237 words)

  
 Links
Times of Zambia: sometimes quite reliable in terms of news content but tends to be partisan.
University of Zambia: Zambia's first university has webpages for almost every faculty and department.
Zambia used to be known as 'Zambia in the Sun', but now it is 'Zambia the real Africa'.
www.personal.leeds.ac.uk /~trsck/Links.htm   (386 words)

  
 Zambia
Zambia, a landlocked country in south-central Africa, is about one-tenth larger than Texas.
Zambia - Zambia, officially Republic of Zambia, republic (1995 est.
Zambia: Economy - Economy Some 85% of Zambians work the country's relatively infertile soil as subsistence farmers;...
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108165.html   (810 words)

  
 Government, Politics, Law: Zambia : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library of Congress)
Constitutional documents, and also for some countries texts on political parties and country history, provided for the African countries of Angola, Congo Ethiopia, Madagascar, Mauritania, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia.
Established by the Law School of the University of Zambia in 1996, in partnership with Zamnet, and with assistance from the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.
Provides access to judgements, statutes and other legal materials of the Republic of Zambia both within Zambia and elsewhere and to connect lawyers, judges, academics, students and others within Zambia with the growing collection of legal information available around the globe via the Internet.
www.loc.gov /rr/international/amed/zambia/resources/zambia-government.html   (1921 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Zambia: Politics in Development Had Been Ignored - Daka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He stressed that well-designed and functioning political structures and institutions were critical to promoting accountability and ultimately led to the attainment of sustained economic growth and development.
Daka advised that to achieve this, the political process should not be left to the discretion of political and government leaders.
Daka said besides credible and fairly representative political structures, there was a need to strengthen institutional oversight mechanisms that would enable a more accountable and transparent government.
allafrica.com /stories/200505180543.html   (440 words)

  
 Gateway to Zambia - The Zambian
If privatization has become so costly to Zambia, then it is better to develop our country through para-statals.
The Constitution of Zambia, as a guideline and manual in the protection of our civil liberties, demands of us that its institution be both amenable to the governors and the governed, and be prescient in its objectives.
Sichilima's song " Zambia" from his highly acclaimed CD "Inspirationally Yours" album has been the subject of media debate as a possible alternative to the country's current national anthem.
www.thezambian.com   (594 words)

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