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Now, every Zambian is aware of the political calendar ahead for the nation following the death and interment of late Republican President Levy Mwanawasa. (AllAfrica)

LATE President Mwanawasa's crusade against corruption was not driven by malice but the desire to improve people's lives, a pre-recorded farewell statement to the nation has revealed. (AllAfrica)

TWENTY MMD founder members from across the country led by two veteran politicians Vernon Mwaanga and Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika have urged the party's national executive committee (NEC) to endorse acting President Rupiah Banda as party presidential candidate today as prominent Lusaka lawyer and politician Rodger Chongwe threw his weight behind Mr Banda. (AllAfrica)

On 29 August 2008, Zambia's former ambassador to Libya, Mbita Chitala, threatened journalists working for the state-owned "Zambia Daily Mail" newspaper with being fired if they did not publish his articles. (AllAfrica)

RWANDESE President Paul Kagame has implored Zambians to elect a leader that will promote peace and stability as well as enhance economic development. (AllAfrica)

FINANCE and National Planning Minister Ng'andu Magande has deferred a US$1.6 million debt, which Zambian Airways owes to National Airports Corporation Limited (NACL) to protect the airline from collapse contrary to the decision by his counterpart at the ministry of Communication and Transport, Dora Siliya. (AllAfrica)

FINANCE and National Planning Minister, Ng'andu Magande has said that he was chosen by the late President Levy Mwanawasa as his successor with the full knowledge of Cabinet. (AllAfrica)

BOTSWANA'S unelected president, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, caught those who know him by surprise at the burial of the late Zambian leader, Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, on Wednesday. (AllAfrica)

This paper, from Human Resources for Health, explores biomedical and traditional health practitioners experiences of, and attitudes towards, collaboration. The paper also identifies obstacles and potential opportunities for collaboration in the care of patients with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and AIDS. Focusing on two urban sites in Zambia, findings show that there is very little experience of collaboration. Although there is some collaboration through the training of traditional birth attendants (eldis.org)

Cotton is a rare economic success story in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), generating cash incomes for millions of smallholder households and allowing the continent to capture a rising share of world trade in the crop. There are, however, concerns that declining prices and costs of inputs could threaten these positive outcomes. With cotton sector reform in much of SSA a decade old, it is now possible to begin learning from experience. This paper assesses the record of five countries in southern and eastern Africa: Tanzania, (eldis.org)

This paper analyses the outcomes of food aid and food security in India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Zambia. The research shows that there are large differences in the effectiveness of food aid in reducing long term dependence on food aid in Asia as compared to Africa. The study lists the following as some of factors influencing the differences in outcomes in the two regions: per capital GDP; population size; differences in terms of growth and poverty outcomes over time. The paper makes the following conclusions (eldis.org)

Infrastructure is a general concept that encompasses many of the obvious, physical features of civilisation. But more relevant to the goal of poverty reduction are infrastructure services, which include the social and economic benefits associated with infrastructure per se. This paper reports on a UNDP/Government of Japan study focussing on the infrastructure-poverty reduction-governance nexus in the context of small-scale community-level infrastructure. It synthesises four country studies - (eldis.org)

This paper provides an appraisal of a project entitled 'the development of Kafue National Park as a model of sustainable economic use and biodiversity conservation in a management intensive environment'. The project is aimed at reversing the loss of biodiversity in the park and its surrounding areas and ensuring that the utilization of the wildlife resources is sustainable. The paper examines each stage of the project proposal, from the main project components to the logframe and budget. It outlines aspects of the project which it (eldis.org)

This report looks at opportunities for Sida to support the use of ICT for mitigating HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. It asks: how can ICT contribute to the empowerment of people living with HIV/AIDS how can ICT improve ongoing and planned HIV/AIDS programs in the region

Stakeholder meetings have been held in Lusaka (Zambia), Gaborone (Botswana) and Maputo (Mozambique). These recommended that ICT can be instrumental for documenting and (eldis.org)

Zambia is a country characterized by a high incidence of poverty and exposure to several types of shocks like HIV/AIDS, macroeconomic instability and periodic droughts. This paper analyses the incidence and impact of these shocks on poverty. The paper finds that: the analysis of the HIV/AIDS epidemic shows the existence of a general decrease in consumption with the exception of non poor rural families the deterioration of the economic situation and the related high level of unemployment (eldis.org)

Social cash transfers are increasingly seen as an underexploited means of providing basic social protection. However, a number of preconditions exist for this to be a viable option - political will and committment to social protection, appropriate implementation capacity, and sufficient financial resources. Many countries lack one or more of these conditions. This paper recommends ways in which development cooperation can sensitise partner governments to basic social protection, enhance the (eldis.org)

This paper, published in the British Medical Journal, argues that African countries should move away from user fees for health, and outlines what actions should accompany their removal, drawing on experiences from South Africa, Zambia and Uganda. It argues that user fees are the most regressive form of health financing available and contribute to the unaffordable cost burdens imposed on poor households. Although fees for primary care are relatively low, they can encourage inappropriate self treatment, use of partial drug (eldis.org)

GM (genetically modified) crops are rapidly gaining ground in developing countries, even though their adoption is highly controversial. This report explores how decisions are made about GM food crops in five developing countries - Brazil, India, Kenya, Thailand and Zambia - by drawing on current research and personal interviews. The framework for decision-making on GM crops varies considerably between countries, according to specific political, economic, agricultural and environmental contexts. Opinions, (eldis.org)

The Times of Zambia 2 September 2008 THE Government has released K46 billion to the Electoral Commission of Zambia to prepare for the forthcoming presidential by-election. ECZ director Dan Kalale said in an ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has presented to the government a budget of 240 billion kwacha for the presidential by-election, Zambia Daily Mail reported Saturday.

The Zambian ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy in six provinces out of all the nine have endorsed Acting President Rupiah Banda as candidate for the forth-coming presidential by-election, MMD co-founder ...

Eleven African heads of state are expected to arrive in Zambia on Tuesday to attend the late President Levy Mwanawasa's burial, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kabinga Pande said in an interview in Lusaka Thursday.

AFRICAN leaders have described President Levy Mwanawasa as a courageous Pan-Africanist who never feared to speak his mind in whatever circumstances. (AllAfrica)

A SOLEMN atmosphere hung over the nation yesterday as Zambians and the international community paid their last respects to President Levy Mwanawasa who was put to rest at Embassy Park in Lusaka. (AllAfrica)

Analysts expect the funeral of President Levy Mwanawasa to herald the onset of a divisive political campaign ahead of presidential elections that have to be held within three months of the Zambian leader's death. (AllAfrica)

ACTING President Rupiah Banda says the best way to remember the late Zambian leader, Levy Mwanawasa, is to ensure that all the programmes he initiated are implemented. (AllAfrica)

FOR a man who had an inauspicious start to his first term in office, President Levy Mwanawasa has finished very well. (AllAfrica)

FORMER first lady, Maureen Mwanawasa yesterday paid tribute to her late husband, saying she will remember him as a dedicated lawyer who died on duty at the battlefront in service of Zambia. (AllAfrica)

TWO major issues have arisen in the short period that the Zambian presidency has fallen vacant floowing the death of President Levy Mwanawasa. (AllAfrica)

President Ian Khama will attend the funeral of the late Zambian president, Levy Mwanawasa today. (AllAfrica)

PRESIDENT Mwanawasa's family has implored the Government to implement developmental projects that the late head of state intended to embark upon if he had returned home alive. (AllAfrica)