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| *'''2011 Sep 25''' - New president [[Michael Sata]] says his government would follow the tenets of the 10 Biblical Commandments. | | *'''2011 Sep 25''' - New president [[Michael Sata]] says his government would follow the tenets of the 10 Biblical Commandments. |
| *'''2011 Oct 1''' - [[Michael Sata]] appoints [[Rosewin Wandi]] as Director General of the [[Anti-Corruption Commission]] (ACC). | | *'''2011 Oct 1''' - [[Michael Sata]] appoints [[Rosewin Wandi]] as Director General of the [[Anti-Corruption Commission]] (ACC). |
| | *'''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 14''' - Malawi agrees to allow back into the country new Zambian President [[Michael Sata]], who had been deported four years ago while still head of the Zambian opposition. |
| | *'''2011 Oct 20''' - [[Zambia]], Africa's biggest copper producer, said it has suspended the renewal and issue of new mining licenses and would undertake an audit of the sector. |
| | *'''2011''' - Zambia’s population numbered about 13 million people. |
| | *'''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". |
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| 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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| 2011 Oct 14, Zambia's new President Michael Sata vowed to beef up anti-corruption laws and to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by the previous government, in his first address to parliament.
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| 2011 Oct 14, Malawi agreed to allow back into the country new Zambian President Michael Sata, who had been deported four years ago while still head of the Zambian opposition. Malawi also agreed to allow back Britain's ambassador, who was expelled in April after criticizing President Bingu wa Mutharika.
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| 2011 Oct 20, Zambia, Africa's biggest copper producer, said it has suspended the renewal and issue of new mining licenses and would undertake an audit of the sector.
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| 2011 Nov 3, Human Rights Watch said Chinese mining companies in Zambia ignore labor protections, demanding up to 18 hours of labor a day and flouting health and safety rules.
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| 2011 Nov 22, A survey of some 6,000 people over the last 12 months in Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe said police are the most corrupt institution in the six countries.
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| 2011 Dec 1, Amnesty International urged Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia to arrest former US president George W. Bush for violating international torture laws, during his African tour this week.
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| 2011 Alice Odiot authored "Commodities: Switzerland's Most Dangerous Business." It looks at the social and environmental impact on Zambia and the Mopani Copper Mines owned by Swiss giant Glencore.
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| (AP, 9/20/11)
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| 2011 Zambia’s population numbered about 13 million people.
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| 2012 Feb 3, Zambian 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 5.5 million kwacha (1,050 dollars, 800 euros) in total.
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| 2012 Feb 22, Zambia opposition lawmakers walked out of parliament, saying President Michael Sata and his government had been violating the constitution.
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| 2012 Mar 15, Zambian ex-president Rupiah Banda denounced the dissolution of his former ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy as an attack on freedom and accused the new administration of persecuting him. The Movement for Multiparty Democracy, whose 20-year rule came to an end in September, was dissolved by the chief registrar of societies for owing 390 million kwacha ($75,876) in registration fees dating back to 1993.
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| (AFP, 3/15/12)(AFP, 6/26/12)
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| 2012 Mar 25, Twenty people from DR Congo drowned when their boats capsized while crossing the river border with Zambia enroute to a soccer game.
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| 2012 May 31, Zambian investigators arrested Andrew Banda, the oldest son of former president Rupiah Banda, for corruption and possessing assets bought with dirty money.
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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. | | 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. |
