This popular and highly practical course is aimed at non-financial programme managers who work with and support local partner NGOs. Course content includes: conducting a financial health check; effective budgeting; keeping accounts; making use of financial reports; and safeguarding programme assets. The course takes place between 14-16 August in Lusaka.

Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has accused former president Frederick Chiluba of numerous counts of corruption and fraud of more than $50m during his time in office and has asked parliament to lift Chiluba’s parliamentary immunity.

The Maureen Mwanawasa community initiative (MMCI) has donated hospital equipment and accessories worth us$300,000 dollars to Kabwe general hospital. The MCCI also donated medicine and mattresses worth K21 million to the children's ward at Kabwe general hospital.

The Copperbelt Indian business community has donated medicines worth k10 million and 60 blankets to the Maureen Mwanawasa community initiative (MMCI).

Pressure is mounting for the government in Zambia to have former President Frederick Chiluba arrested and prosecuted for corruption. The Oasis Forum, a body representing religious, legal and civil society organisations, says the special national assembly convened by the incumbent President, Levy Mwanawasa, should lift Mr Chiluba's immunity, which he enjoys as a former head of state.

Zambia may become the second African country - after Uganda - to reverse a widespread HIV/AIDS epidemic, a new UNAIDS report said on Tuesday.

The Zambian government said Sunday it has put the armed forces on high alert following an alleged plot to overthrow it and to assassinate leaders. Home Affairs Minister Lackson Mapushi told journalists that the country' s police authorities have set up investigative wings to expedite a probe into the planned coup.

After sensational claims in the press, nongovernmental organisations are calling on Zambia's chief justice, Matthew Ngulube, for his side of a story alleging he was bribed by former president Frederick Chiluba. The Post reported on Monday that Chiluba gave him $168000 from the national treasury for various things, including school fees for his children.

Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa vowed to root out corruption within his government Tuesday and said his administration was not beholden to the ruling party officials who put him in power.

The Zambian government's Disaster Management Unit is "doing its best" to cope with the country's food crisis, but the situation remains dire for Zambian villagers in affected rural areas.

Although efforts are being made to integrate STI services into family planning clinics in Zambia, these efforts need reinforcement. The educational levels of both providers and their clients may be barriers to a successful transfer of STI prevention information during client-provider interactions.

Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has slammed his predecessor Frederick Chiluba, accusing him of granting ''outrageous'' benefits to retiring military heads three days before December general elections.

Home affairs minister Lackson Mapushi has announced the formation of a police complaints authority and an anti-money laundering authority to check executive excess by police or drug enforcement commission officers.

President Levy Mwanawasa's decision to scrap cost sharing in Zambian schools and re-introduce free education has run into controversy over whether the government can afford adequate levels of funding to the country's neglected schools.

About 2.3 million Zambians are in need of food aid, a Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) joint assessment has found.

Dr. Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika, President of the Federation of African Women's Peace Networks, whose creation UNIFEM facilitated and continues to support, was recently appointed Zambia's Special Envoy and Ambassador to the Organization for African Unity (OAU). Dr. Lewanika, also the President of Zambia's opposition party, 'Agenda for Zambia,' was sworn in at the State House in Lusaka on 22 March by Zambian President Mwanawasa. The President said that, "women had not been given a fair share of national responsibilities in Zambia," and that he was “convinced Dr. Lewanika would carry out her responsibilities adequately and effectively."

The truth about the Presidential Housing Initiative (PHI) was that it was meant to launder public funds, National Movement Against Corruption (NAMAC) secretariat head Dr Steven Moyo has charged.

Hundreds of people who were arrested and detained by immigration authorities after they entered Zambia illegally during recent years are to be returned to their home countries this week, according to a government spokesman. More than 200 people without documentation to prove their legal status in Zambia face deportation in the next few days as part of a three-year government operation to end the movement of "prohibited aliens" into the country, immigration spokesman Ibvuta Lungu told OneWorld Tuesday.

Zambian police recently arrested 39 people protesting against the rape and strangling to death of four young girls in the last year. The 39 men and women, who are members of the Non Governmental Organisations' Coordinating Committee(NGOCC), were charged with unlawful assembly and later appeared in court. They include NGOCC’s Chairperson, Inonge Wina, and the Vice-Chairperson, Petronella Chisanga.

Families in southern and western Zambia are expecting the worst in coming months, if the current drought conditions continue, according to a report by CARE International. The survey noted that eight out of 10 farmers reported maize crop failure in the range of 76-100 percent of anticipated yields. Given the lack of fully-grown crops, many households have begun eating green maize but more distressing is that five people have already died from eating wild roots.