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*'''2006 Jun 17''' - Inflation was reported to have fallen under 10%. The [[Zambian Kwacha]] gained strength as the economy improved due to a lower debt burden and government moves toward a more market-oriented economy. | *'''2006 Jun 17''' - Inflation was reported to have fallen under 10%. The [[Zambian Kwacha]] gained strength as the economy improved due to a lower debt burden and government moves toward a more market-oriented economy. | ||
*'''2006 Jul 27''' - President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] called elections for Sept. 28 and dissolved parliament and Cabinet. | *'''2006 Jul 27''' - President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] called elections for Sept. 28 and dissolved parliament and Cabinet. | ||
*'''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. | |||
2006 | *'''2006 Oct 1''' - Rioting erupts in Lusaka after President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] surged ahead in presidential polls and his principal rival slipped into third place. | ||
*'''2006 Oct 2''' - The [[Electoral Commission of Zambia]] (ECZ) said that President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] was re-elected to a second term, collecting 43% of the votes cast in last week's balloting. | |||
*'''2006 Nov 17''' - The court rules that ailing former president [[Frederick Chiluba]] is currently unfit to stand trial for corruption and should be immediately sent to South Africa for treatment. | |||
*'''2006 Dec 31''' - President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] rejects IMF directives to introduce more taxes in [[Zambia]] amid high levels of poverty. | |||
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*'''2006''' Employees at a Chinese owned copper mine in [[Chambishi]] were sprayed with gunfire while protesting working conditions. | |||
*'''2007 Feb 3''' - Chinese President Hu Jintao brings his eight-nation African tour to copper-rich [[Zambia]] where China's growing clout has prompted charges of exploitation and emerged as a volatile political issue. | |||
*'''2007 Mar 1''' - Lands Minister [[Gladys Nyirongo]] acknowledges 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." | |||
*'''2007 Mar 20''' - 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. | |||
*'''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]]. | |||
*'''2007 May 4''' - A British court finds [[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. | |||
*'''2007 Jun 2''' - At least 12 soccer fans are crushed to death as a crowd rushed from the Lusaka stadium after [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]]'s victory over Congo Brazzaville in an African Cup qualifier. | |||
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. | 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. |