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
- APRIL 18, 2018ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: LUSAKA WIFE TO HANG FOR KILLING HUSBAND
A ninteen-year-old Lusaka wife has been sentenced to death for stabbing her husband to death using a kitchen knife.
MARCH 29, 2018ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: CHIEF KILLERS TO HANG
The Ndola High Court sentenced five men and two women to death by hanging for murdering Senior Chief Tafuna and his subject in Mpulungu following a succession dispute.
FEBRUARY 28, 2018ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: KEITH MUKATA SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Lusaka High Court has sentenced Chilanga UPND Member of Parliament Keith Mukata to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murder.
- JANUARY 1, 2018ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
- NOVEMBER 29, 2017ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian gov't to consult citizens on abolishing death penalty
29 November 2017: the Minister of Justice Given Lubinda said his ministry's agenda for next year will also include sensitizing citizens on the need to abolish the death penalty as well as refinement of the country's constitution.
- APRIL 27, 2017ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA HAS 168 MEN AND 2 WOMEN ON DEATH ROW
The Zambia Correctional Services says it has 170 inmates on death row.
- JANUARY 1, 2017ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
DECEMBER 23, 2016ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: MPOMBO’S SON SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Ndola High Court has found former minister of Defence George Mpombo’s 17-year-old son guilty of shooting dead his pregnant girlfriend and beheading her.
- OCTOBER 17, 2016ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: TWO YOUTHS TO HANG FOR MURDER AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
Two youths have been sentenced to deaths by hanging by
MARCH 19, 2016ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: ROBBER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 27-year-old robber of Solwezi has been sentenced to death by the Kitwe High Court.
- MARCH 2, 2016ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: KILLER MUST HANG, RULES SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court upheld a High Court death sentence slapped on a man of Chilanga who burnt to death
- FEBRUARY 5, 2016ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: FIVE PF CADRES SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING UPND COUNTERPART
Lusaka High Court judge Gertrude Chawatama has sentenced to death five Patriotic Front (PF) cadres