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Zambia, formerly N. Rhodesia, is 2.5 times the
size of Great Britain. Zambia has over 70 native tribes.
(SSFC, 7/8/01, p.T8)(SSFC, 1/13/02, p.A17)
1855 David
Livingstone, English physician and explorer, first saw the 328-foot
waterfall on the Zambezi River. Livingstone named the falls, which
straddled the Zambia and Zimbabwe border, Victoria Falls. The local
name is Musi-oa-Tunya (the smoke that thunders).
(SSFC, 5/29/05,
p.F2)(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Falls)
1873 May 1, David Livingstone
(60), British physician, explorer (Africa), died in Chitambo, Zambia.
His body passed through Zanzibar for a funeral in London in Apr 18,
1874.
(www.heroesofhistory.com/page55.html)(SSFC, 7/13/03,
p.C9)
1891 Jun 11, Portugal assigned
Barotseland, now in Zambia, to Britain and Nyasaland becomes a British
protectorate.
(AP, 6/11/03)
1938 J. Desmond Clark (d.2002)
became curator of the David Livingstone memorial Museum and stayed on
for 24 years. He moved to UC Berkeley in 1961. His life’s work included
over 18 books including “The Pre-history of Africa” (1970).
(SFC, 2/16/02, p.A25)
1961 Sep 18, Dag Hammarskjold,
Secretary-General of the UN, was killed in a plane crash in Northern
Rhodesia (now Zambia). He was flying to negotiate a cease-fire in the
Congo. Hammarskjold was the son of a former Swedish prime minister. In
1953, he was elected to the top UN post and in 1957 was reelected.
During his second term, he initiated and directed the United Nation's
vigorous role in the Belgian Congo. Hammarskjold had sent Conor O’Brien
(1919-2008), an Irish diplomat, to the Congo where a rebellion was
openly being backed by Belgium and secretly by Britain and France.
O’Brien ordered in UN troops, but the mission ended in disarray and the
UN repudiated the mission. O’Brien recounted his version of the events
in his book “To Katanga and Back” (1962).
(TMC, 1994, p.1961)(WUD, 1994, p.1684)(AP,
9/18/97)(SSFC, 12/21/08, p.B6)
1963 In Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) Roland
Rowland ("Tiny") became chief executive of the London and Rhodesia
Mining and Land Co. (Lonrho). Over the next 30 years he turned it into
a conglomerate with more than 1000 subsidiaries in over 60 countries.
(SFC, 7/28/98, p.A20)
1963 Northern Rhodesia (later
Zambia) ended a federation with Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
(Econ, 12/24/05, p.63)
1964 Oct 24, Zambia (N. Rhodesia)
gained independence from Britain (National Day). Pres. Kenneth
Kaunda was in charge. The country had fewer than 100 university
graduates.
(SFC, 5/22/96, p.A9)(SFC, 7/1/97,
p.A9)(www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2359.htm)
1967 Sep, The government
delegations of China, Tanzania and Zambia held talks in Beijing and
formally signed the "Agreement of the Government of the People's
Republic of China, the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania
and the Government of the Republic of Zambia on the Construction of the
Tanzania-Zambia Railway".
(www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/ziliao/3602/3604/t18009.htm)
1969 Emmanuel Milingo (39) was
named archbishop of Lusaka, Zambia.
(SFC, 8/31/01, p.D5)
1969 In Zambia Fort Jameson, the
capital of the Eastern province, was renamed Chipata.
(Econ, 12/24/05, p.63)
1970 Oct, China began construction
of the 1,160 mile Tazara Railway between Lusaka, Zambia and the
Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam. China brought in its own workers for
the project, which in 1976 finished ahead of schedule.
(www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/ziliao/3602/3604/t18009.htm)(Econ, 10/28/06, p.54)
1973 Aug 25, Zambia adopted
a constitution.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Zambia)
1976 Jul, China completed the
construction of a railway between Tanzania and Zambia.
(Econ, 2/7/04,
p.45)(www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/ziliao/3602/3604/t18009.htm)
1978 May 17, Women were included
in the White House honor guard for the first time as President Carter
welcomed Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda.
(AP, 5/17/08)
1980 Apr 1, The southern African
Development Coordination Conference was established by 9 countries with
the Lusaka declaration (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe). On August 17, 1992, it was
transformed into the Southern African Development Community. By 2008 it
included 15 members.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_African_Development_Community)
1981 Vera and Orton Chirwa were
abducted from Zambia by Malawi security officials, charged with treason
and imprisoned separately and incommunicado for 11 years. Orton Chirwa
died in prison in 1992.
(SFEC, 1/19/97, Par
p.5)(www.tomblock.com/detail.php?id=179)
1982 In Zambia Lusaka Archbishop
Emmanuel Milingo resigned under pressure for his faith healings and
exorcisms. He was brought to Rome as a functionary and retired in 2000.
In 2001 he (71) married Marie Sung (43) of South Korea in a NYC wedding
conducted by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
(SFC, 5/28/01, p.A7)(SFC, 8/31/01, p.D5)
1986 May 19, South African
commandos struck alleged ANC "operational centers" in Zimbabwe,
Botswana, Zambia.
(www.iie.com/research/topics/sanctions/southafrica.cfm)
1991 In Zambia Pres. Kaunda was
voted out of office. Pres. Frederick Chiluba and his Movement for
Multi-Party Democracy won in the first multi-party elections.
(SFC, 5/22/96, p.A9)(SFC, 6/5/96, p.C16)(WSJ,
8/25/97, p.B5A)
1991 Xu Jianxue arrived in Zambia
and began a civil-engineering and construction firm with his 4
brothers. Some 300 Chinese lived in Zambia at this time. By 2006 the
number was estimated at 3,000.
(Econ, 10/28/06, p.53)
1996 May 21, The government of
Zambia adopted new constitutional amendments to prevent Kenneth Kaunda
from running for president. The amendments require that candidates be
at least second-generation Zambians. Kaunda is the son of immigrants
from Malawi.
(SFC, 5/22/96, p.A9)
1996 Jun 4, In Zambia nine
opposition politicians were charged with treason and masterminding the
Black Mamba group.
(SFC, 6/5/96, p.C16)
1996 Jun 16, In Zambia 15 soccer
fans were crushed to death and 52 injured during a stampede after
Zambia beat Sudan.
(SFC, 6/15/96, p.A10)
1996 Nov 20, In Zambia Frederick
Chiluba and his Movement for Multiparty Democracy won re-election.
Former pres. Kaunda and his United National Independent Party boycotted
because he was declared ineligible to run.
(SFC, 11/21/96, p.C3)
1997 Aug 24, In Zambia former
pres. Kaunda accused Pres. Frederick Chiluba of trying to kill
him after he was wounded by riot police during a protest rally.
(WSJ, 8/25/97, p.B5A)
1997 Oct 27, In Zambia there was a
coup attempt by against Pres. Frederick Chiluba. Scores of people,
mostly soldiers, were later arrested and a state of emergency imposed.
(SFC,10/28/97, p.A10)(SFC,11/19/97, p.A14)
1997 Dec 25, In Zambia former
president Kenneth Kaunda was confined to prison for 28 days on
suspicion of being linked to the Oct 27 coup attempt.
(SFC,12/26/97, p.A1)
1997 Dec 31, In Zambia former
Pres. Kaunda (73) was released from prison and placed under house
arrest.
(SFC, 1/1/98, p.A18)
1997 In Zambia by UN definition 9%
of the children were orphans due to AIDS.
(SFC, 12/2/99, p.A18)
1998 Jan 10, In Zambia a court
filing accused Kenneth Kaunda of paying army officers $270 to stage an
October coup, promising another $13,300 if the insurrection was
successful.
(SFC, 1/12/98, p.A1)
1998 Jan 14, In Zambia two
officers told a court in Lukasa that they were tortured into accusing
Kenneth Kaunda of plotting a failed coup.
(WSJ, 1/15/98, p.A1)
1998 Mar 17, In Zambia the
state of emergency imposed last Oct. was lifted.
(WSJ, 3/18/98, p.A1)
1998 Jun 1, Zambia dropped charges
against former Pres. Kaunda and released him after Kaunda pledged to
retire.
(SFC, 6/2/98, p.A11)
1998 Celtel began mobile phone
operations in Zambia. In 2003 it expanded to rural areas and introduced
the Me2U service that allowed callers to use text messaging to send
airtime credit to other mobiles. The service became a cheap way to
transfer money.
(Econ, 9/9/06, p.61)
1998 China’s state metals
conglomerate bought a moth-balled copper mine in Chambisi, Zambia,
bringing in jobs and investments. The Chinese owners soon banned union
activity and cut corners on safety.
(WSJ, 2/2/07, p.A1)
1999 Feb 28, In Zambia a bomb
exploded at the Angolan Embassy and 4 other locations in Lusaka.
(SFC, 3/1/99, p.A12)
1999 Mar 31, In Zambia the high
court declared former leader Kenneth Kaunda, born to Malawian
missionaries, a non-citizen.
(WSJ, 4/1/99, p.A1)
1999 Nov 3, In Zambia Wazi Kaunda
(47), the son of Kenneth Kaunda, was shot and killed by 4 gunmen at his
front gate in Lusaka. Kaunda was a senior official in the opposition
National Independence Party.
(SFC, 11/5/99, p.A17)
2000 cMar 10, In Zambia over
12,000 people lost their homes when the spillways of Kariba Dam in
southern Siavonga were opened to relieve pressure.
(SFC, 3/11/00, p.A6)
2000 Dec 4, In southern Congo over
10,000 refugees were driven into northern Zambia due to renewed
fighting over the last 12 days.
(SFC, 12/5/00, p.A16)
2000 Zambia Consolidated Copper
Mines (ZCCM), a state owned monopoly, was privatized after 4 years of
negotiations.
(Econ, 5/20/06, p.68)
2001 Apr 30, In Zambia the
ruling party nominated Pres. Chiluba for re-election following a vote
to amend the constitution.
(WSJ, 5/1/01, p.A1)
2001 May 2, In Zambia the ruling
party ousted Vice Pres. Christon Tembo, 8 Cabinet members and 11 0ther
senior officials who opposed Pres. Chiluba’s bid for a 3rd term.
(SFC, 5/4/01, p.D3)
2001 May 4, In Zambia Pres.
Chiluba said he would not run for a 3rd term.
(SFC, 5/5/01, p.D2)
2001 May 27, Archbishop Emmanuel
Milingo of Zambia married Maria Sung in a mass ceremony conducted by
Rev. Sun Myung Moon in NYC. In Aug Milingo was reported to have
recommitted his life to the Catholic Church. Marie Sung went on a
hunger strike. Sung later resigned herself to Milingo’s return to the
Church.
(SFC, 8/15/01, p.A6)(SFC, 8/31/01, p.D5)
2001 Jul 20, The New Partnership
for Africa's Development (NEPAD) was formally adopted at the 37th
session of the (OAU) Assembly of Heads of State and Government in
Lusaka, Zambia.
(Econ, 2/10/07, p.48)(
http://www.nepad.org/2005/files/inbrief.php)
2001 Dec 27, Zambia held national
elections. Early returns showed a virtual tie between Levy Mwanawasa of
the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy and Anderson Mazoka
(d.2006) of the United Party for National Development. Mwanawasa won
with 29% of the vote.
(SSFC, 12/30/01, p.A21)(Econ, 7/2/05, p.43)(Econ,
6/17/06, p.56)
2002 Jan 2, In Zambia Levy
Mwanawasa (1948-2008) of the ruling Multiparty Democracy (MMD) was
sworn in as president despite protests of ballot stuffing and voter
intimidation. An appeal for a recount was rejected. Nearly 85% of the
country’s 10 million people lived on less than $1 a day. Unrest closed
much of Lusaka. Zambia’s inflation at this time was 21.7%.
(SFC, 1/3/02, p.A4)(WSJ, 1/3/02, p.A1)(SFC, 8/20/08,
p.B4)
2002 May 29, In Zambia Pres. Levy
Mwanawasa declared a national food crises with 4 million people facing
starvation due to drought.
(WSJ, 5/31/02, p.A1)
2002 Aug 16, The Zambian
government has rejected donations of genetically modified corn from the
United States, even though a massive food shortage threatens nearly 2.3
million of its people with starvation.
(AP, 8/17/02)
2002 Nov 2, Rex Mwanawasa (43),
the brother of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, was found dead in a
hotel room in Pretoria.
(AP, 11/3/02)
2002 Zambia eliminated school fess
for elementary-level students. This increased the proportion of student
attendance to 85% in 2004 from 71% in 2000. At the same time mandatory
extra fees were imposed on parents and class sizes increased to 80 or
more pupils.
(WSJ, 3/21/07, p.B11)
2002 Zambia’s former Pres.
Frederick Chiluba divorced his wife. Mrs. Chiluba tried to sue him for
$400 million, her alleged share of the riches he had stolen over a
decade in power. Her case was dismissed.
(Econ, 12/18/04, p.61)
2002 A number of elephants were
killed in Zambia this year as verified by studies of DNA completed in
2007. 37 tested tusks matched elephant genetics in Zambia and nearby
regions.
(Econ, 3/3/07, p.83)
2003 Feb 24, In Zambia
former President Frederick Chiluba (59) was arrested and charged with
stealing from the government while in office. In August Chiluba was
charged with stealing over $40 million during his rule.
(AP, 2/24/03)(WSJ, 8/6/03, p.A1)
2003 May 6, It was reported that
AIDS in Zambia had cut the average life expectancy to 33 years from 44
a decade ago. One in 5 adults was reported to have HIV.
(WSJ, 5/6/03, p.A1)
2003 Dec 9, Former Pres. Frederick
Chiluba, Zambia's first democratically elected president, went on trial
before a packed courtroom, accused of stealing millions of dollars from
state coffers during his decade in power.
(AP, 12/9/03)
2004 Jul 15, The Gates Foundation
announced a $44.7 million award at the AIDS Conference in Bangkok to a
consortium of TB and AIDS researchers. The 2 diseases were often
linked. A UN report cited 7 countries as the hardest hit by the AIDS
pandemic: Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Lesotho, Zambia, Malawi, the Central
African Republic and Mozambique.
(WSJ, 7/15/04, p.B1)(SFC, 7/16/04, p.A6)
2004 White farmers from Zimbabwe
moved to Zambia and leased some 150 farms.
(Econ, 6/26/04, p.49)
2005 Mar 29, It was reported that
China’s influence in Africa was expanding rapidly. Chinese projects
included the rebuilding of Nigeria’s railroad network; the paving of
roads in Rwanda; ownership of copper mines in Zambia; timber operations
in Equatorial Guinea; and supermarket operations in Lesotho.
(WSJ, 3/29/05, p.A1)
2005 Apr 8, In northern Zambia a
truck packed with high school students skidded off a mountain road,
killing at least 38 and seriously injuring 50.
(AP, 4/9/05)
2005 Apr 21, In Zambia at least 51
people were killed in a blast at a Chinese-owned mining-explosives
factory in Chambisi.
(WSJ, 4/22/05, p.A1)(WSJ, 2/2/07, p.A1)
2005 Jun 29, The UN World Food
Program in Zambia said lack of funds will soon force it to slash
rations and reduce the number of vulnerable women and children on food
aid.
(AP, 6/29/05)
2005 Jul 16, It was reported that
at least 1 million Zambians were infected with HIV, out of a population
of 10.5 million and that 1-20% had full blown AIDS.
(Econ, 7/16/05, p.43)
2005 Jul 28, An official reported
anonymously that Haroon Rashid Aswat (31) has been arrested in the
border town of Livingstone, having crossed into Zambia from Zimbabwe.
Aswat was sought in connection with the July 7 attacks in London that
killed 56 people.
(AP, 7/29/05)
2005 Aug 7, Zambia deported Haroon
Rashid Aswat (31), a Briton who has been questioned in connection with
the July 7 London transit bombings and is suspected of links to
al-Qaida.
(AP, 8/7/05)
2005 Oct 28, The UN food agency
warned that at least 1.7 million Zambians need food, and the situation
is deteriorating rapidly.
(AP, 10/27/05)
2005 Nov 24, The UN food agency
said the United States has thrown a lifeline to six southern African
countries, donating food aid valued at $45 million. The food will be
distributed across Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and
Zimbabwe.
(AP, 11/24/05)
2005 The IMF’s heavily indebted
poor countries’ initiative forgave Zambia’s $3.9 billion debt as well
as IOUs to Paris Club Creditors.
(Econ, 7/2/05, p.43)
2005 Zambia’s population stood at
about 10.5 million.
(Econ, 7/16/05, p.43)
2006 Jun 17, In Zambia inflation
was reported to have fallen under 10%. The local currency, the kwacha,
gained strength as the economy improved due to a lower debt burden and
government moves toward a more market-oriented economy.
(Econ, 6/17/06, p.56)
2006 Jul 27, Zambian opposition
leaders were scrambling after President Levy Mwanawasa called elections
for Sept. 28 and dissolved the parliament and Cabinet.
(AP, 7/27/06)
2006 Sep 26, The Vatican said it
has excommunicated Zambia’s Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, for defying
the Holy See by installing four married men as bishops. The prelate had
already angered the Vatican by getting married in 2001.
(AP, 9/26/06)
2006 Sep 28, Zambians voted to
decide whether President Levy Mwanawasa would stay in office for a
second term despite a strong challenge from opposition candidates who
lambasted his economic policies. Voters jammed polling stations after a
national election campaign marked by bitter debate about the
president's effort to increase foreign investment and combat poverty
and corruption.
(AP, 9/28/06)(AP, 9/29/06)
2006 Oct 1, In Zambia rioting
erupted in Lusaka after President Levy Mwanawasa surged ahead in
presidential polls and his principal rival slipped into third place.
(AP, 10/1/06)
2006 Oct 2, Zambia's Electoral
Commission said that President Levy Mwanawasa was re-elected to a
second term, collecting 43% of the votes cast in last week's balloting.
(AP, 10/2/06)
2006 Nov 17, A Zambian court ruled
that ailing former president Frederick Chiluba is currently unfit to
stand trial for corruption and should be immediately sent to South
Africa for treatment.
(AFP, 11/17/06)
2006 Dec 15, In Kenya 11 African
heads of state attending the 2nd International Conference on the Great
Lakes Region signed a landmark $2 billion (1.5-billion-euro) security
and development pact to forestall fresh violence in the area.
(AFP, 12/15/06)
2006 Dec 29, In Zimbabwe 17
elephants and a rhino were found killed. A game ranger based near the
famed Victoria Falls bordering the two countries was wounded. Zambian
poachers were suspected.
(AFP, 12/31/06)
2006 Dec 31, Zambian President
Levy Mwanawasa rejected IMF directives to introduce more taxes in his
impoverished southern African nation.
(AP, 1/1/07)
2006 Employees at a Chinese owned
copper mine in Chambisi, Zambia, were sprayed with gunfire while
protesting working conditions.
(WSJ, 2/2/07, p.A1)
2007 Feb 3, Chinese President Hu
Jintao brought his eight-nation African tour to Zambia, a copper-rich
country where China's growing clout has prompted charges of
exploitation and emerged as a volatile political issue.
(AP, 2/3/07)
2007 Feb 4, In Zambia China’s
President Hu Jintao pledged $800 million in investments, debt
write-offs and a "showcase" free trade zone as he ended a tour there.
Beijing's economic juggernaut has sparked tensions in Zambia.
(AFP, 2/4/07)
2007 Mar 1, Zambia's Lands
Minister Gladys Nyirongo acknowledged at a major conference on graft in
Africa that "Corruption is everywhere, in the villages, wherever."
Hours later she was sacked. President Levy Mwanawasa said: "She gave
land to herself, her two daughters, her sons and her husband."
(AP, 3/4/07)
2007 Mar 20, Zambian President
Levy Mwanawasa urged southern Africa to take a new approach to
Zimbabwe, which he likened to a "sinking Titanic" as millions flee
economic and political turmoil.
(Reuters, 3/21/07)
2007 Apr 22, The annual Goldman
Environmental Prizes were announced on Earth Day. The winners included
Julio Cusurichi of Peru for his work to fight illegal logging; Willie
Corduff of Ireland for his work to halt an energy project that
disregarded local and environmental concerns; Sophia Rabliauskas of
Canada for her work to help protect the boreal forest in Manitoba; Orri
Vigfussen of Iceland for his work on the North Atlantic Salmon Fund;
Ts. Munkhbayar for his work against unregulated mining in Mongolia; and
Hammerskjoeld Simwinga for his work in organizing microloan programs in
Zambia.
(SSFC, 4/22/07, p.E1)
2007 May 4, A British court found
Frederick Chiluba, Zambia's first democratically elected president
(1991-2001), guilty of stealing $46 million in government funds and
ordered him to repay the entire sum. He had gone on trial in Zambia in
2003, accused of 169 counts of corruption, abuse of power and theft,
but was declared unfit to stand trial on the grounds of ill health.
(AP, 5/4/07)(Econ, 11/21/09, p.51)
2007 May 4, The UN agency for
refugees began repatriating thousands of Congolese refugees in Zambia
to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
(AFP, 5/4/07)
2007 Jun 2, In Zambia at least 12
soccer fans were crushed to death as a crowd rushed from the Lusaka
stadium after Zambia's victory over Congo Brazzaville in an African Cup
qualifier.
(AP, 6/3/07)
2007 Jun 4, The Institute for
Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) said a study of mortality patterns in
South Africa, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, Tanzania and Senegal indicated
Africa's HIV/AIDS crisis was reaching deep into elected governments.
(Reuters, 6/4/07)
2007 Jun 28, In Zambia US first
lady Laura Bush promoted the role of faith-based organizations in
combating disease in Africa as she launched an anti-malaria campaign.
(AP, 6/28/07)
2007 Jul 21, Former US president
Bill Clinton said his foundation had secured a deal for Zambia to
access cheap HIV/AIDS drugs.
(AFP, 7/22/07)
2007 Aug 16, The 14-member
Southern African Development Community (SADC) met in Lusaka, Zambia for
its 27th summit. The 2-day summit provided scant hope for the people of
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe rejected the need for political reform at the summit
of regional leaders that is meant to find ways to ease the country's
political and economic crisis.
(AP, 8/16/07)(Econ, 8/25/07,
p.43)(www.dfa.gov.za/docs/2007/sadc0820.htm)
2007 Aug 17, Zambian President
Levy Mwanawasa officially launched a peacekeeping brigade as part of a
planned SADC standby force to be deployed on peace missions and to
tackle disarmament and humanitarian crises on the continent.
(Reuters,
8/17/07)(www.dfa.gov.za/docs/2007/sadc0820.htm)
2007 Sep 13, The UN said the
repatriation of Congolese refugees from neighboring Zambia was
suspended, due to insecurity in the small town of Moba where they are
headed.
(AP, 9/13/07)
2007 Nov 22, The UN resumed the
repatriation of 12,000 Congolese refugees from Zambia which was
suspended three months ago due to insecurity in the Democratic Republic
of Congo's (DRC) Katanga province.
(AP, 11/22/07)
2008 Jan 4, The Zambian government
awarded a 1.2 billion dollar crude oil deal to a Kuwait firm to supply
over 1.4 million tons of oil to the southern African nation.
(AP, 1/5/08)
2008 Jan 17, Rains battered
portions of flood-ravaged southern Africa, killing at least three
people in Malawi and forcing Zambia to declare a national disaster.
(AP, 1/17/08)
2008 Jan 19, Nationwide power
outages shut down basic services across Zambia and Zimbabwe as anger
mounted in South Africa over power cuts that have wreaked havoc in the
continent's economic hub.
(AP, 1/20/08)
2008 Apr 12, African leaders hoped
to find a resolution to Zimbabwe's deepening political crisis at an
emergency summit in Zambia, but state media reported that President
Robert Mugabe would not attend the "unnecessary" meeting. The Electoral
Commission said it would conduct a full recount of the presidential and
parliamentary ballots cast in 23 constituencies, all but one of them
won by the opposition.
(AP, 4/12/08)(AP, 4/13/08)
2008 Apr 13, In Zambia African
leaders ended an emergency meeting of the Southern African Development
Community and called for the swift verification of the Zimbabwe voting
results in the presence of all parties. The declaration fell far short
of opposition calls for neighboring leaders to pressure President
Robert Mugabe to step down after 28 years in power.
(AP, 4/13/08)(Econ, 4/12/08, p.53)
2008 Jun 10, Zambia’s state media
said Zambia has granted political asylum to a dozen Zimbabwe opposition
supporters who have fled mounting political violence ahead of a run-off
presidential election this month.
(AP, 6/10/08)
2008 Aug 19, Zambia's President
Levy Mwanawasa (b.1948) died in France. He had been hospitalized at a
French military hospital since suffering a stroke in June.
(AP, 8/19/08)(SFC, 8/20/08, p.B4)
2008 Oct 7, Zambia's ambassador
said Zambia and the World Health Organization (WHO) have joined the
hunt for a mystery illness that has killed four people in South Africa.
A South Africa, health official said the mystery disease may be
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever.
(AFP, 10/7/08)(Reuters, 10/7/08)
2008 Oct 30, Zambians voted for a
successor to the late President Levy Mwanawasa in an election the main
opposition leader accused the ruling party of rigging. Zambia's main
opposition candidate was ahead in early presidential election results,
but his lead was slowly narrowing. Banda ended up winning 40% of the
vote and opposition leader Michael Sata secured 38%.
(Reuters, 10/30/08)(AP, 10/31/08)(AP, 11/2/08)
2008 Nov 2, Veteran diplomat
Rupiah Banda (72) was sworn in as the new president of Zambia following
a narrow and disputed victory over a populist rival in an election
forced by the death of the country's former leader.
(AP, 11/2/08)
2008 Nov 17, The Kenya Wildlife
Service (KWS) said a ton of ivory items and 57 suspects were netted in
a four-month operation billed Africa's largest-ever crackdown on
wildlife crime. Operation Baba also seized cheetah, leopard, serval cat
and python skins as well as hippo teeth at several markets, airports
and border crossings in Congo Brazzaville, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and
Zambia.
(AFP, 11/17/08)
2009 Mar 27, Southern African
countries (Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia) have been hit
by the worst floods in years, killing more than 100 people and
displacing thousands, as a tropical storm threatened to bring more pain.
(AFP, 3/28/09)
2009 Apr 6, In Zambia western
nations and lending agencies meeting in Lusaka agreed a financing
package of more than $1 billion to improve infrastructure in southern
and central Africa at an investment conference meant to expand
transport links and trade. Britain said it would separately provide 100
million pounds ($149.2 million) to transform the region's
infrastructure to increase trade and mitigate the effects of the global
financial crisis. New projects will link businesses in 8 African
countries: Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Malawi,
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa.
(AP, 4/6/09)
2009 May 28, It was reported that
scientists have identified a lethal new virus in Africa that causes
bleeding like the dreaded Ebola virus. The so-called "Lujo" virus
infected five people in Zambia and South Africa last fall. Four of them
died, but a fifth survived, perhaps helped by a medicine recommended by
the scientists.
(AP, 5/28/09)
2009 Jul 20, Zambia's Catholic
bishops and the International Press Institute condemned the arrest on
obscenity charges of a newspaper editor who says she was trying to draw
attention to the consequences of a health workers' strike. Chansa
Kabwela, editor of the independent Post, was arrested last week after
e-mailing pictures of a woman giving birth in the streets to policy
makers and aid groups.
(AP, 7/20/09)
2009 Aug 17, Former Zambian
President Frederick Chiluba (1991-2001) was cleared of corruption
charges following a six-year trial after a magistrate ruled that
$500,000 of allegedly embezzled funds could not be traced to government
money.
(AP, 8/17/09)(Econ, 8/22/09, p.43)(Econ, 11/21/09,
p.51)
2009 Dec 17, The Vatican said it
has stripped charismatic Zambian Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo of his
priestly duties because he defiantly continues to ordain bishops
despite already being excommunicated. Milingo angered the Vatican when
he got married in 2001 to a South Korean woman by the Rev. Sun Myung
Moon of the Unification Church. He was excommunicated in 2006 after
installing four married men as bishops.
(AP, 12/17/09)
2009 Dambisa Moyo, native of
Zambia and former World Bank consultant, authored “Dead Aid: Why Aid Is
Not Working and How There Is a Better Way For Africa.”
(WSJ, 3/17/09, p.A13)
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