Guest Diggers
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Zimbabwe’s economic recovery may take longer than ExpectedZimbabwe, under the new leadership of the Robert Mugabe mentored President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, may take another ten years to marginally reverse the deteriorated economic fortunes that once anchored the Southern African country among the world’s […]
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What our military, politicians can learn from Zimbabwe…so farThe seizure of power in Zimbabwe by the military presents important lessons for Zambia, for the rest of the southern Africa region and for the continent as a whole. Given that things are still in […]
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My parting thoughts from ZambiaZambia, thanks for the great memories! As I reflect on my three years as U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, I consider what my goals were for U.S.-Zambia relations when I arrived in 2014. I wanted to […]
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Explaining Lungu’s threats to judges, obsession for a third termKenya’s Supreme Court judges, who in September invalidated the initial re-election of Uhuru Kenyatta on grounds of unconstitutional irregularities, have attracted deserved applause from across Africa for their refusal to bow before presidential power and […]
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Chinese Confucius Institutes and the cultural war in AfricaThe first building that one comes across when entering the University of Zambia, which sits on the terraces of a busy motorway to and from Lusaka’s main international airport, is an imposing and massive building […]
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What did we promise people before independence?The struggle for Zambia’s independence was not easy. Tribute goes to the many heroes – men, women and youth- who sacrificed so much, including their lives, for our country to be independent 53 years ago, […]
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The inevitable outcome: understanding Hichilema’s release from prisonOn 16 August, opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema walked to freedom after spending four months in detention. This moment was celebrated as a coup for the Commonwealth, a sign of […]
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London Mayor: Why I am visiting Zambia this weekAs the 689th Lord Mayor of the City of London, I act as an ambassador for the UK’s financial and professional services sector, and am here in Zambia this week to meet with senior business […]
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Kenya’s success, Zambia’s failure: courts, constitutions and electionsThe recent invalidation of the re-election of Uhuru Kenyatta as President of Kenya by the country’s Supreme Court is a refreshing development that provides a stark and painful reminder of what Zambia’s democracy lacks today: […]
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Understanding the rift between Lungu and LAZOn 17 July 2017, the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) issued a press statement on the legality and extent of the threatened state of emergency declared by President Edgar Lungu 12 days earlier and subsequently […]
