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| *'''2012 Feb 3''' - Corruption investigators arrested a former minister on theft charges and recorded a statement from ex-president [[Rupiah Banda]]'s wife in another probe. Mines minister [[Maxwell Mwale]] was arrested and charged over the theft of 20 bicycles belonging to small-scale miners. The bicycles were worth K5,500 Kwacha (1,050 dollars, 800 euros) in total. | | *'''2012 Feb 3''' - Corruption investigators arrested a former minister on theft charges and recorded a statement from ex-president [[Rupiah Banda]]'s wife in another probe. Mines minister [[Maxwell Mwale]] was arrested and charged over the theft of 20 bicycles belonging to small-scale miners. The bicycles were worth K5,500 Kwacha (1,050 dollars, 800 euros) in total. |
| *'''2012 May 31''' - Investigators arrest [[Andrew Banda]], the oldest son of former president [[Rupiah Banda]], for corruption and possessing assets bought with "dirty money". | | *'''2012 May 31''' - Investigators arrest [[Andrew Banda]], the oldest son of former president [[Rupiah Banda]], for corruption and possessing assets bought with "dirty money". |
| | *'''2012 Aug 13''' - Opposition leader, [[Hakainde Hichilema]], is arrested and charged with publishing false information after he claimed on June 11 that ruling party youth were being trained by Sudanese militia. |
| | *'''2013 Feb 7''' - A [[Zambia Postal Services]] bus carrying passengers toward its capital Lusaka, smashes into a semi-truck and another car killing at least 53 people in one of the worst traffic crashes in the nation in recent history. |
| | *''2013 Mar 25''' - Former president, [[Rupiah Banda]] (76), is arrested by police for alleged abuse of authority and corruption. He was released on bail of Kwacha 500,000 ($100,000) and ordered to turn in his passport. |
| | *'''2013 Nov 1''' - Dozens of Zambian separatists appeared in court on charges of treason for trying to create a new state called [[Barotseland]] in the west of the country. A total of 84 defendants, mostly from the [[Lozi people|Lozi tribe]], were rounded up in a recent crackdown on those protesting for Barotseland. |
| | *'''2013 Dec 23''' - Defense minister [[Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba]] resigns. |
| | *'''2014 Jan 6''' - Police arrest and charged opposition leader [[Frank Bwalya]] with defamation, after he referred to President [[Michael Sata]] as a "Chumbu Mushololwa." The Bemba term literally refers to a sweet potato that breaks when it is bent and is used to describe someone who does not heed advice. |
| | *'''2014 Mar 21''' - Zambia scraps restrictions on the use of dollars and other foreign currencies as it tried to halt the slide in its currency, which has lost nearly a fifth of its value in recent months. |
| | *'''2014 May 23''' - Ranger [[Dexter Chilunda]] is killed while investigating reports of gunshots in [[Liuwa Plain National Park]]. Two suspected poachers were arrested on June 1. |
| | *'''2014 Oct 24''' - At least 26 people died, most of them children, when a ferry capsized on [[Lake Kariba]]. |
| | *'''2014 Oct 29''' - [[Guy Scott]] becomes Africa's first white head of state in 20 years after president [[Michael Sata]] (77) died in a London hospital. |
| | *'''2014 Nov 21''' - Ruling [[Patriotic Front]] said it has suspended President [[Guy Scott]] as acting head of the party for "unconstitutional conduct", in the latest twist of a bitter power struggle ahead of a January election. |
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| 2012 Jun 26, A Zambian High Court overturned the march dissolution of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, the former ruling party, over unpaid fees, arguing the move had been excessive and against the country's general interest.
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| 2012 Jun 26, Denmark police said Attan Shansonga, a former Zambian ambassador to the United States wanted in his home country on charges of corruption, has been arrested. He was arrested by the Zambian Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2002 and charged with the theft of public funds, but fled for Britain in 2004.
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| (AFP, 6/26/12)
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| 2012 Aug 4, In southern Zambia coal miners killed a Chinese mine manager and injured his colleague in a riot over wages at the Collum Coal mine in Sinazongwe known for tensions with the Chinese investor.
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| 2012 Aug 13, Zambia's main opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, was arrested and charged with publishing false information after he claimed on June 11 that ruling party youth were being trained by Sudanese militia.
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| (AFP, 8/13/12)
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| 2013 Feb 7, In Zambia a bus operated by the postal service, carrying passengers toward its capital Lusaka, smashed into a semi-truck and another car killing at least 53 people in one of the worst traffic crashes in the nation in recent history.
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| 2013 Mar 25, Zambia's former president, Rupiah Banda (76), was arrested by police for alleged abuse of authority and corruption. He was released on bail of Kwacha 500,000 ($100,000) and ordered to turn in his passport.
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| (AP, 3/26/13)
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| 2013 Oct 11, In Sudan a Zambian military observer with UNAMID was killed by unidentified assailants in El Fasher, North Darfur state.
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| (AFP, 10/12/13)
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| 2013 Nov 1, Dozens of Zambian separatists appeared in court on charges of treason for trying to create a new state called Barotseland in the west of the country. A total of 84 defendants, mostly from the Lozi tribe, were rounded up in a recent crackdown on those protesting for Barotseland.
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| (AFP, 11/1/13)
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| 2013 Nov 13, Zambia's anti-graft police said they had arrested a regional police chief who is suspected of receiving illicit gifts from a gemstone mining company. Copperbelt Province police boss Mary Tembo (53) was accused of receiving a Toyota Coroll from Grizzly Mining Limited and registering it in her name earlier this year.
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| (AFP, 11/13/13)
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| 2013 Dec 23, Zambia's defense minister Geoffrey Mwamba resigned after admitting that he met a traditional leader who is blackballed by the country's president.
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| (AFP, 12/23/13)
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| 2013 Dec 24, The Zambia Wildlife Authority said it has arrested two people in possession of more than 115 kg (250 pounds) of ivory.
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| (AP, 12/24/13)
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| 2014 Jan 6, Zambian police arrested and charged opposition leader Frank Bwalya with defamation, after he referred to Pres. Michael Sata as a "Chumbu Mushololwa." The Bemba term literally refers to a sweet potato that breaks when it is bent and is used to describe someone who does not heed advice.
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| (AFP, 1/7/14)
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| 2014 Feb 14, Zambian ex-diplomat and son of former president Rupiah Banda was sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of corruption. Andrew Banda (53) was arrested in 2012 on charges of soliciting a kickback from Italian company Fratelli Locci, which was awarded a contract to build roads.
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| (AFP, 2/15/14)
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| 2014 Mar 21, Zambia scrapped restrictions on the use of dollars and other foreign currencies as it tried to halt the slide in its currency, which has lost nearly a fifth of its value in recent months.
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| (AFP, 3/21/14)
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| 2014 May 23, Zambia Ranger Dexter Chilunda was killed while investigating reports of gunshots in Liuwa Plain National Park. Two suspected poachers were arrested on June 1.
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| (AP, 6/3/14)
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| 2014 Jul 2, African nations agreed to suspend military operations for six months against Congo-based Rwandan rebels in order to give them more time to lay down their arms. The suspension was announced after a meeting in Angola of foreign ministers from a regional bloc including Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, DRC, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.
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| (Reuters, 7/3/14)
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| 2014 Oct 3, Zambia’s Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda said it was difficult to resist corruption from Chinese contractors who allocate who gifts to other government officials. Chikwanda said the government has borrowed so much money from the chinese that it would soon become impossible to pay them back.
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| (SSFC, 10/5/14, p.A7)
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| 2014 Oct 24, In Zambia at least 26 people died, most of them children, when a ferry capsized on Lake Kariba.
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| (SSFC, 10/26/14, p.A6)
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| 2014 Oct 29, Zambia's Guy Scott became Africa's first white head of state in 20 years after the president, "King Cobra" Michael Sata (77), died in a London hospital.
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| (Reuters, 10/29/14)
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| 2014 Nov 21, Zambia's ruling Patriotic Front said it has suspended President Guy Scott as acting head of the party for "unconstitutional conduct", in the latest twist of a bitter power struggle ahead of a January election.
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| (Reuters, 11/21/14)
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| 2015 Jan 13, The cash-strapped Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), which is owned by the governments of the two countries and has been struggling for more than a decade, shut down all train operations after workers downed tools to demand five months unpaid salaries.
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| (AFP, 1/13/15)
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| 2015 Jan 20, Zambia held presidential elections. The winner of the election will serve out the remainder of late President Michael Sata’s term until elections next year. Patriotic Front candidate Edgar Lungu (58) received 48.3 percent of the vote, while Hakainde Hichilema (52) of the United Party for National Development came in second with 46.7 percent after votes were tallied from all 150 constituencies. | | 2015 Jan 20, Zambia held presidential elections. The winner of the election will serve out the remainder of late President Michael Sata’s term until elections next year. Patriotic Front candidate Edgar Lungu (58) received 48.3 percent of the vote, while Hakainde Hichilema (52) of the United Party for National Development came in second with 46.7 percent after votes were tallied from all 150 constituencies. |
