Zambia

Zambia Government Considers Increasing Sports Grants

25 May 2012

LUSAKA, May 25 (Bernama) -- The Zambia government says it is considering increasing annual grants to sports associations as the current amount is inadequate, Xinhua news agency quoted local media on Thursday.

IMF-ILO-Zambia Conference Calls for Commitment to Growth Strategy for Employment, Decent Work and Development

24 May 2012

A high-level international conference in Zambia—co-sponsored by the Government of Zambia, the International Labor Organization (ILO), and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)—discussed the reforms needed to lay the basis for sustained, broad-based, and employment-intensive growth.

Former Zambia minister jailed over buried cash

24 May 2012

LUSAKA (Reuters) - A court in Zambia convicted a minister in the former government of illegally siphoning off 2.1 billion kwacha and burying the cash on his farm, state radio reported on Thursday. Former labour minister Austin Liato was arrested in December last year after the discovery of two buried trunks filled with money under a layer of concrete. Magistra Aridah Chulu sentenced Liato to two ...