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Zambian Business Times (ZBT) Zambia Daily Mail (daily, state-owned) [2] Zambian Watchdog (online; in print from 2007 to 2009) [2] News Diggers (daily) [2] The Mast (daily) [2] Daily Nation (daily) [2] Daily Revelation Newspaper; New Vision (daily) [3] The Post (daily, closed in 2016) [2] Kachepa; The Globe Newspaper Zambia; Mwebantu; Zambia ...
Zambia has provided troops to UN peacekeeping initiatives in Mozambique, Rwanda, Angola, and Sierra Leone. Zambia was the first African state to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda into the Rwandan genocide in 1994. In 1998, Zambia took the lead in efforts to establish a cease-fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Between 1972 and 1990, Zambia was a one-party state with the United National Independence Party (UNIP) as the sole legal party. [ 1 ] The current National Assembly, formed following elections held in 2021, has a total of 166 members. 156 members are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple plurality (or first-past-the ...
Mwebantu has redefined online advertising with its social, content-driven publishing technology in Zambia. In Zambia, Mwebantu provides the most shared news, stories and entertainment across the web and social media platforms of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to its audience of more than 1 million plus daily users and growing.
The UPND was established in December 1998 and was initially led by Anderson Mazoka, who had left the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) shortly beforehand. [2] Mazoka was the party's presidential candidate for the 2001 general elections, finishing second with 27% of the vote, less than 2% behind the winner Levy Mwanawasa of the MMD.
The Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) also known as New Hope MMD [2] [3] is a political party in Zambia.Originally formed to oust the previous government, MMD controlled an absolute majority in parliament between 1991 and 2001, when its past leader, Frederick Chiluba was President of Zambia.
Elections in Zambia take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a presidential system. [1] The President and National Assembly are simultaneously elected for five-year terms. [ 2 ]
The President is elected via the two-round system. [5] Of the 167 members of the National Assembly, 156 are elected by the first-past-the-post system in single-member constituencies, with a further eight appointed by the President and three others being ex-officio members: the Vice President, the Speaker and a deputy speaker elected from outside the National Assembly (a second deputy speaker ...