Zambia has in recent weeks been faced with clamours of secession by one of its regions with which it merged at independence from Britain in October 1964 to form a unitary state. The region now known ...

Lusaka — THE time was ten minutes before midnight on October 23, 1964. At the new Independence stadium in Lusaka, as the Zambian flag was being raised for the first time in the accompaniment of the ...

ONE school of thought intimates that "there was absolutely nothing magical about the time when Northern Rhodesia, like a snake, shade its outer skin to become the Republic of Zambia" at the stroke of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The story of Zambia’s independence, including how the country got its name. The African country became a republic in 1964. Show more In 1964, Zambia became a republic. It was the ninth African state ...

As celebration fever mounted last week, thousands of plumed warriors with spears and blunderbusses hunted elephants, hippos and buffaloes in the bush to provide a fitting repast for the independence ...

The Barotseland royal household in western Zambia has demanded independence, accusing the government of ignoring a 1964 treaty. Barotse Ngambela, or Prime Minister, Clement Sinyinda told the BBC that ...