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
- JANUARY 1, 2020ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
- DECEMBER 17, 2019ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: WITCH DOCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING CLIENT
Lusaka Judge Mwila Chitabo has sentenced to death a witch doctor from Paramount Chief Mpezeni area in Chipata for brutally murdering his client, Zambia Reports reported on 13 December 2019.
- DECEMBER 12, 2019ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: GOV'T SAYS READY FOR TALKS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Zambia on 10 December 2019 joined the rest of the world in commemorating the 2019 Human Rights Day with Vice-President Inonge Wina saying the government was open to discussions on the possibilities of abolishing the death penalty.
NOVEMBER 21, 2019ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: TWO MEN AND WOMAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF THEIR 84-YEAR-OLD GRANNY
The Chipata High Court has sentenced two men and a woman of the same family from Petauke to death by hanging for the murder of their 84-year-old grandmother on suspicion that she was practising witchcraft, the Times of Zambia reported on 20 November 2019.
JUNE 9, 2019ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: CALL BOY TO HANG FOR KILLING MINI-BUS DRIVER OVER K1
A call-boy who hit a mini-bus driver with a brick in rage after he refused to give him 1 kwacha loading fee was condemned to death on 4 June 2019 by the Supreme Court.
MARCH 25, 2019ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: LUSAKA BUSINESSMAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE, HER LOVER
The Lusaka High Court has sentenced to death a businessman who shot dead his wife and her alleged lover in Meanwood area last July, The Zambian Observer reported on 24 March 2019.
MARCH 22, 2019ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 14 WOMEN ON DEATH ROW
Fourteen women and an 18-year-old man are among 315 inmates on death row at Mukobeko Maximum Security Correctional Facility in Kabwe, Ministry of Home Affairs Permanent Secretary Chileshe Mulenga has said.
FEBRUARY 7, 2019ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: GUARD TO HANG FOR MURDER
A security guard has been condemned to death by hanging for murdering a man he found loitering outside his work place, the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) offices in Luanshya, the Daily Mail reported on 27 January 2019.
- JANUARY 1, 2019ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
NOVEMBER 16, 2018ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 27-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF GIRLFRIEND
A 27 year old man of Chingola Township on the Copperbelt has been sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, zambiareports reported on 12 November 2018.
- OCTOBER 24, 2018ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: 5 NYIMBA MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Five men from the Nyimba district were sentenced to death in Zambia in two separate cases, zambiareports.com reported on October 19, 2018.
- MAY 24, 2018ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: PRESIDENT PARDONS 464 PRISONERS AS PART OF AFRICA FREEDOM DAY COMMEMORATION
Zambian President Edgar Lungu pardoned 464 prisoners as part of the commemoration of this year's Africa Freedom Day which falls on May 25.