Zambia Government’s Attack on the MMD

The following is an excerpt from an article entitled “Sata Stumbles” published by Africa Confidential: The row was on a small scale compared to the one that followed the deregistration of the MMD. Ostensibly, the Chief Registrar of Societies, Clement Andeleki, took the decision independently of the government on 14 March on the grounds that [...]

Former President of Zambia Rupiah Banda and Son Henry Banda Appoint International Legal Team

JOHANNESBURG, 22 March 2012 – Following the de-registration of the country’s largest opposition party, the Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD), the former president of Zambia, Rupiah Banda and his son Henry Banda have appointed an international legal team to represent them. London-based international law firm Amsterdam & Peroff LLP and Brian Kahn Inc of Johannesburg, [...]