Thomas Zgambo Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Taxi drivers read the news of President Michael Sata's death in The Post special edition on October 29, 2014 in Lusaka. (AFP/Chibala Zulu)

Mission Journal: In Zambia, Sata never fulfilled promise of greater transparency

October 29, 2014 3:47 PM EDT

“We’ll see for ourselves on Friday,” was a refrain on the lips of most journalists I met in Lusaka in mid-September, as they speculated on the health of President Michael Sata ahead of their country’s opening of parliament, where the leader was due to speak.

President Michael Sata's mounting attacks on the press have had a chilling effect on freedom of expression in Zambia. (AFP/Simon Maina)

Zambia silences critics with lawsuits, Web blocking

August 23, 2013 1:35 PM EDT

The charges leveled against a Zambian journalist suspected by authorities of being linked to the blocked news website Zambian Watchdog make for interesting reading.

In Zambia, harassment of Watchdog site continues

July 17, 2013 12:29 PM EDT

Cape Town, South Africa, July 17, 2013–Zambian authorities should stop their ongoing harassment of the Zambian Watchdog, a site that reports on alleged government corruption, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police arrested another journalist they accused of contributing to the site, and blocked domestic access to the site for the second time, according…

Two journalists detained without charge in Zambia

July 9, 2013 4:49 PM EDT

Cape Town, South Africa, July 9, 2013–Zambian authorities should release two journalists who have been detained since early Tuesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.