Full Coverage: Zambia

21.04.2008 HODI a non profit NGO has trained 12 village reporters in Choma and Kalomo Districts in Southern Zambia with a view of eliminating child labour in tobacco growing.

21.04.2008 A senior reporter, Kaiko Namusa from the state owned Newspaper, Times of Zambia, was assaulted and detained for over an hour at Chipata Central Police for taking pictures of police officers who were manhandling a cyclist for allegedly breaking traffic rules.Asenior reporter, Kaiko Namusa from the state owned Newspaper, Times of Zambia, was assaulted and detained for over an hour at Chipata Central Police for taking pictures of police officers who were manhandling a cyclist for allegedly breaking traffic rules.Asenior reporter, Kaiko Namusa from the state owned Newspaper, Times of Zambia, was assaulted and detained for over an hour at Chipata Central Police for taking pictures of police officers who were manhandling a cyclist for allegedly breaking traffic rules.

11.04.2008 The Elimination of Child Labour in Tobacco Growing (ECLT) project is premised on three major strategies namely prevention, withdrawal and integration. Activities under the prevention strategy include the sensitization of target community groups (i.e. children, parents, teachers and traditional leaders) on the child labour problem. The key message for the project is that, by working in tobacco fields, most of these children are denied the opportunity of being in school.

28.03.2008 Zambia has been forced to reallocate resources intended for poverty alleviation to pay a "vulture fund," a company that scammed the impoverished nation to make millions off its cancellation of a 1999 debt, writes an organization promoting African development.

21.03.2008 Demands by youths in Mazabuka for Government to increase the allocation of the youth empowerment fund has riled Mazabuka District Commissioner who has demanded the Mazabuka Community Radio Management to fire a Journalist Innocent Chinyemba who he accused of conspiring with youths who featured during the live debate program sponsored by the Press Freedom Committee of the Post Newspaper.

11.03.2008 A six-month research project gave Zambian HIV orphans, at-risk children, and their caretakers the opportunity to share the difficulties they face acquiring food, water, and health care for themselves and their families.

26.02.2008 The Chipata District WomenÂ’s Association in Zambia's Eastern Province is a community group set up by women to help them improve their livelihood. The association provides support to women in learning new skills, improving their capacity to earn more income and live healthier lives.

21.02.2008 The Sinazongwe District Development Committee in Southern Zambia has opened up an advocacy centre for its community. The advocacy centre based at Malima will provide services to over two thousand people from the area and will be used to access various ICTs.

18.02.2008 The Chipata District WomenÂ’s Association, a community group set up by women to help them improve their livelihood. The association provides support to women in learning new skills, improving their capacity to earn more income and live healthier lives using mobile phones.It is made up of 12 area associations located in remote areas.

01.02.2008 Mwanawasa announced during the official opening of Parliament that Government had decided to re-introduce the Freedom of Information Bill back into Parliament this year following wide consultation

01.02.2008 Mwanawasa announced during the official opening of Parliament that Government had decided to re-introduce the Freedom of Information Bill back into Parliament this year following wide consultation

01.02.2008 On January 11 2008, Zambian President, Dr Levy Mwanawasa announced during the official opening of Parliament that Government had decided to re-introduce the Freedom of Information Bill back into Parliament this year following wide consultation

29.01.2008 The Zambian Supreme Court has upheld the 2004 High Court decision not to deport satirical columnist Roy Clarke, a British national permanently resident in Zambia, over a column published in the privately owned Post newspaper on first January 2004, allegedly insulting President Levy Mwanawasa.

21.01.2008 On January 11 2008, Zambian President, Dr Levy Mwanawasa announced during the official opening of Parliament that Government had decided to re-introduce the Freedom of Information Bill back into Parliament this year following wide consultation.

07.01.2008 The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services (MIBS) has banned Radio Lyambai in Mongu from broadcasting phone-in programmes.

19.12.2007 A Zambian, HIV-positive preacher works to improve HIV/AIDS education and treatment in the face of discrimination and social stigma.

05.12.2007 radio station in Macha (approximately 390 kilometres south west of ZambiaÂ’s capital, Lusaka) in ZambiaÂ’s southern province was gutted by fire and equipment worth US$40 000 was destroyed.

09.11.2007 Zambia and India have signed an agreement that will see India fund Zambian centres to train researchers and the public in information and communication technology (ICT) skills. Peter Daka, the Zambian minister of science and technology, and River Wallang, the Indian high commissioner to Zambia, signed the agreement in Lusaka.

04.10.2007 Zambian activist Muyatwa Sitali explains how his nation's debt, which is over $700 per person, burdens the country and hinders well-meaning efforts to solve the problem of poverty.

26.09.2007 ZambiaÂ’s Justice Minister George Kunda has accused The Post newspaper of working against the government on the Constitution-making process.