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*'''2010 Oct 17''' - [[Zambia Police]] said managers at a Chinese-run coal mine who shot at workers protesting poor working conditions will be charged with attempted murder. 12 workers at [[Collum Coal Mine]] in the southern town of [[Sinazongwe]] were injured a day earlier when mainly Chinese managers fired randomly at the protesting workers.
*'''2010 Oct 17''' - [[Zambia Police]] said managers at a Chinese-run coal mine who shot at workers protesting poor working conditions will be charged with attempted murder. 12 workers at [[Collum Coal Mine]] in the southern town of [[Sinazongwe]] were injured a day earlier when mainly Chinese managers fired randomly at the protesting workers.


===2011 - 2020===
===2011 - 2015===


2011       Jan 4, Zambian prosecutors applied for arrest warrants after the mining officials Xiao Li Shan and Wu Jiu Hua failed to attend the preliminary hearing regarding the Oct 15 shooting of nearly a dozen miners at a Chinese-run coal mine.
*'''2011 Jun 18''' - Former president [[Frederick Chiluba]] (68) dies.
    (AP, 1/4/11)
*'''2011 Aug 9''' - The [[High Court of Zambia]] dismissed a bid by the main opposition to block President Rupiah Banda from contesting polls next month over claims that he had lied about his parents' nationality.
 
*'''2011 Sep 20''' - Zambia held [[Zambian general election, 2011|elections for a president]], 150 lawmakers and over 1,000 municipal councilors. Incumbent president [[Rupiah Banda]] was in a close race with populist rival [[Michael Sata]]. [[Zambian general election, 2011|Elections]] results on Sep 23 said Michael Sata won with 1,150,045 votes, or 43% of the total, to 961,796 votes, or 36.1% for incumbent Rupiah Banda.
2011        Jun 18, In  Zambia Frederick Chiluba (68), a former president (1991-2001), died.
*'''2011 Sep 25''' - New president [[Michael Sata]] says his government would follow the tenets of the 10 Biblical Commandments.
    (AP, 6/27/11)
*'''2011 Oct 1''' - [[Michael Sata]] appoints [[Rosewin Wandi]] as Director General of the [[Anti-Corruption Commission]] (ACC).
 
2011       Aug 4, Zambia's main opposition party said President Rupiah Banda is ineligible for re-election because both his parents were allegedly born outside the country. Banda, who is in his 70s, was born before Zambia gained independence in 1964.
    (AP, 8/4/11)
 
2011        Aug 9, Zambia's high court dismissed a bid by the main opposition to block President Rupiah Banda from contesting polls next month over claims that he had lied about his parents' nationality.
    (AFP, 8/9/11)
 
2011       Sep 20, Zambia held elections for a president, 150 lawmakers and over 1,000 municipal councilors. Incumbent president Rupiah Banda was in a close race with populist rival Michael Sata. Elections results on Sep 23 said Michael Sata won with 1,150,045 votes, or 43% of the total, to 961,796 votes, or 36.1% for incumbent Rupiah Banda.
    (AP, 9/20/11)(AP, 9/23/11)
 
2011        Sep 22, In Zambia riots erupted in two mining towns over the slow pace of results from this week's polls, as EU observers accused the ruling party of abusing state resources in the campaign.
    (AFP, 9/22/11)
 
2011       Sep 25, Zambia's new President Michael Sata, the first elected Catholic head of state, said his government would follow the tenets of the 10 Biblical Commandments.
    (AFP, 9/25/11)
 
2011       Oct 1, New Zambian President Michael Sata replaced the head of the country's anti-corruption watchdog, who had been accused of bungling investigations into corruption allegations. He appointed Mrs. Rosewin Wandi as Director General of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
    (AFP, 10/1/11)


2011        Oct 4, Zambia announced that it has halted all metal exports, in a move to ensure that mining firms accurately report their sales. New rules on metal exports should be ready by October 16. The ban was lifted on Oct 6 as it would take too long for new rules to be drawn up.
2011        Oct 4, Zambia announced that it has halted all metal exports, in a move to ensure that mining firms accurately report their sales. New rules on metal exports should be ready by October 16. The ban was lifted on Oct 6 as it would take too long for new rules to be drawn up.
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     (AFP, 4/20/15)
     (AFP, 4/20/15)


==2016 - 2020==




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