President Edgar Lungu of Zambia has asked the U.S. Ambassador to his country, Daniel Foote to leave Zambia after criticizing the 15 years jail sentence a gay couple were handed after being caught red-handed in the act. Foote who called on the government to reconsider laws that punish minority groups in a comment credited to him last month, disclosed that he was horrified with …

Somizi Mhlongo appears to be the second SA celebrity not given access to Zambia. Somizi was invited by promoters from PR Girl Media for an event called the Lusaka July to speak on the dynamics of being a homosexual, but was banned from attending the event. The media personality slammed Zambia’s Minister of National Guidance and Religious Affairs, Reverend Godfridah …

A Zambian opposition leader has spent the weekend in police cells after he was arrested for allegedly defaming President Edgar Lungu. Sean Tembo, who leads the Patriots for Economic Progress (PEP), made a series of posts on social media in which he questioned President Lungu’s mental state. He accused Mr Lungu of possibly suffering from a mental illness, which he …