Tutti i temi: Zambia

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 Women’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 Women’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.

13.02.2008 Kepan entisen Sambian yhteystoimitsijan Esa Salmisen kirja Köyhyyden ammattilainen on fiktion muotoon puettu matkakertomus, jonka teemoina ovat kehitys sekä kulttuurien kohtaaminen ja kohtaamattomuus. Ja se mystinen z-tekijä, jonka takia asiat aina romahtavat.

01.02.2008 Sambian uudistuvan kaivoslain pitäisi tuoda valtion kassaan 400 miljoonan dollarin lisätulot jo tänä vuonna. Kaivosyhtiöiden reaktioita veronkorotuksiin ei vielä tiedetä.

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.

25.01.2008 Sambian tavoitteena on nostaa vuoteen 2010 mennessä saapuvien matkailijoiden lukumäärä ainakin miljoonaan. Suurin osa turisteista on eteläafrikkalaisia, mutta Sambia herättää kiinnostusta myös Euroopassa ja Yhdysvalloissa.

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 Zambia’s capital, Lusaka) in Zambia’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.

10.10.2007 Jätevuoret Sambian pääkaupungin köyhissä kaupunginosissa ja roskaiset kadut kaikissa maan kaupungeissa paljastavat, että Sambialla on suuria haasteita ympäristönsuojelussa, kirjoittaa Clive Chibule.

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.