Zambia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- August 1991, amended by Parliament on January 5, 2016 (a constitutional referendum was held on August 11, 2016, but participation was 44%, below the 50% threshold required)
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- is based on common law and customary law; review of legislative acts by an ad hoc constitutional council
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, High Court
RELIGIONS
50-75% Christians, 24-49% Muslims and Hindus, 1% indigenous beliefs
From the country
FEBRUARY 4, 2010ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: NCC MAINTAINS DEATH PENALTY
the National Constitutional Conference in Zambia upheld the Constitution’s death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2010ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, allows the death penalty in Part III
The Zambia Constitution of 1991, allows the death penalty in Part III
- DECEMBER 29, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: 3 TO HANG FOR MURDER
in Zambia, Lusaka High Court judge Tamula Kakusa sentenced Frank Mulenga, Bernard Kapaso and Moffat Nkoma to death.
NOVEMBER 17, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 6 ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Zambia, Lusaka High Court Judge Tamula Kakusa sentenced six men to death for the armed aggravated
- NOVEMBER 9, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Zambian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Lusaka resident Brian Phiri, 32, for murdering his aunt Dainess Banda in Chipata township
- OCTOBER 27, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Zambia, Lusaka High Court judge Christine Phiri sentenced Joe Songiso to death by hanging for
- OCTOBER 20, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Judge Jane Kabuka of the Ndola High Court in Zambia sentenced George Alifa, 38, to death for murder.
- AUGUST 13, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: SUPREME COURT LIFTS DEATH SENTENCE ON LUSAKA ROBBER
the Supreme Court sitting in Kabwe, Zambia, commuted the death sentence of a Lusaka man to 18 years imprisonment.
- JULY 23, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: THREE TO HANG FOR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
the Ndola High Court in Zambia sentenced three villagers of Chiengi in Luapula
JUNE 22, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: THREE BROTHERS TO HANG FOR KILLING DAD
the Lusaka High Court in Zambia sentenced three brothers to death for killing their father using sticks and other objects.
JUNE 5, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: COURT SENDS MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Zambian Supreme Court upheld the conviction and death sentence of a poacher
- JUNE 4, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA COMMUTE WOMAN’S DEATH SENTENCE, PLEADS ZUJ
the Zambia Union of Journalists appealed to the Chinese Government through its embassy in Lusaka to commute the death sentence of Mary Musiyalike, a Zambian woman convicted for drug trafficking.