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Chilanga District Electoral Officer Stephen Malenga has urged the Conflict Management Committee to remain vigilant and watch for early warning signs of violence during the post-election period. Mr Malenga explains that the period immediately after elections is often tense, as…

MUNDUBILE SPLASHES MILLIONS ON ELECTION COURT BATTLE Defeated presidential candidate Brian Mundubile is pressing ahead with a legal challenge to President Hakainde Hichilema’s re-election. He has reportedly engaged lawyers Chifumu Banda and Bonaventure Mutale who have been paid in the region of US$750,000 each to lead the challenge. The figures are already stirring debate over […]

Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) has revealed […]

Constitutional Court orders Auditor General to vacate office The Constitutional Court has ordered Auditor General Dr Ron Mwambwa to vacate his office for being above the retirement age. In 2023, Parliament rejected President Hakainde Hichilema’s appointment of Dr Mwambwa who was 64 at the time as unconstitutional as Article 252 of the Zambian Constitution provides […]

Chris Zumani Zimba warns petitioning 2026 election results amid terror allegations would be a “Big Mistake” By Alfonso Kasongo Former President Edgar Lungu’s political advisor, Chris Zumani Zimba, has cautioned that petitioning the allegedly manipulated 2026 presidential election results amid terrorist allegations against the petitioners would be a “big mistake.” As a founder, Secretary General, […]

A Humble and Compassionate Appeal to Mama Esther Lungu and the Lungu Family Dear Mama Esther Lungu and the entire family of our late Sixth Republican President, His Excellency Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, I write this appeal with a heavy heart, with respect for your family, and with full recognition of the extraordinary pain you […]

DANNY PULE CONGRATULATES HICHILEMA ON RE-ELECTION Opposition Christian Democratic Party (CDP) president Danny Pule has congratulated President Hakainde Hichilema on his re-election as President of Zambia. Dr Pule has called for peace and unity as President Hichilema begins his second term in office, urging those who lost the election to accept the results and move […]

Citizens First President Harry Kalaba has visited the home of the late Mutotwe Kafwaya, describing what he saw there as “deeply painful.” “Seeing his wife and young family grieving the loss of a husband, father, brother, and friend was deeply painful,” he said. “In that moment, beyond politics and party lines, one truth was clear: […]

BREAKING FROM THE AKUNA KULALA POLITICAL SCIENCE LAB: WHEN AN INSIDER SAYS ‘DON’T PETITION’: WHAT CHRIS ZUMANI ZIMBA’S STATEMENT REVEALS ABOUT ZAMBIA’S POST-ELECTION POLITICS By Golden Mapulanga — Political Analyst Zambia has entered one of the most delicate stages of the 2026 electoral cycle: the politics after the election. The ballots have been counted, a […]

1 Views More than 5,000 African and global leaders, policymakers, investors, scientists, entrepreneurs and young innovators from over 50 countries will converge in Kigali next month for the 20th Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF), as the continent seeks to turn two decades of food-systems commitments into investment, jobs and measurable action. Running under the theme […]