Former President Chiluba is dead!

  Second President of Zambia Fredrick Titus Jacob Chiluba has died. Chiluba died of a heart attack in the early hours of today, Saturday, shortly after mid night. His pokeperson Emmanuel Mwamba confirmed that Chiluba died at his home in Kabulonga, in the capital Lusaka. He explained that Chiluba was with his lawyers most of the time on Friday but …

Clinton warns against “new colonialism” in Africa

LUSAKA (Reuters) – Africa must beware of “new colonialism” as China expands ties there and focus instead on partners able to help build productive capacity on the continent, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Clinton, asked in a television interview in Zambia on Saturday about China’s rising influence on the continent, said Africans should be wary of friends who only …

Wapiga kura mil 2.6 walikuwa feki Zimbabwe

ORODHA ya wapiga kura iliyofichuliwa katika daftari la kudumu la wapiga kura nchini Zimbabwe hivi karibuni imebaini kuwa majina ya wapiga kura hewa ni milioni 2.6, wapiga kura hawa feki waliingizwa ili kuendeleza udanganyifu. Taarifa hizo ni kwa mujibu wa ripoti iliyotolewa na shirika moja linaloheshimiwa sana nchini Afrika Kusini ‘South African Institute of Race Relations’ lililofanya utafiti juu shughuli …

Ukimwi waua watu mil 30, idadi hiyo pia waishi na VVU

UMOJA wa Mataifa (UN) unaeleza kwamba tangu ugonjwa wa Ukimwi ugunduliwe mwaka 1981, unakadiria kuuwa watu milioni 30, huku idadi kama hiyo ikiwa ndio wanaoishi na virusi vya HIV. Hata hivyo ripoti ya hivi karibuni ya UN inaeleza licha ya kwamba idadi ya watu wanaoambukizwa Ukimwi kupungua kwa sasa katika nchi kadha, lakini bado mamilioni ya wagonjwa hawapati dawa stahili. …