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
NOVEMBER 12, 2014ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: DEC OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING SUSPECT
A 45-year-old Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) investigations officer of Kasama has been sentenced
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: HUBBY GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE
Kitwe High Court judge Chilombo Phiri sentenced a man of Kalulushi’s Chambishi township to death for
JULY 2, 2014ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: MAZABUKA MAN, 22, GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
A 22-year old man of Mazabuka was sentenced to death in Zambia by the Livingstone High Court for
APRIL 13, 2014ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: COURT UPHOLDS MUM, SON DEATH SENTENCES
The Supreme Court sitting in Kabwe has upheld the death sentence slapped on a mother and his son who
- MARCH 31, 2014ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: HIGH COURT SENTENCES 5 TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Five men have been sentenced to death in Zambia after being convicted on charges of murder, attempted
- JANUARY 1, 2014ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
The Zambian penal code, section 43, foresees that the death penalty...
DECEMBER 25, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 100 PRISONERS GET SATA GIFT
Zambia’s President Sata, in a Christmas gesture, released two prisoners and commuted life sentences
NOVEMBER 8, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 4 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
In Zambia, High Court judge Chalwe Mchenga sentenced four men to death, in two different cases.
- AUGUST 22, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
the six-year long murder trial of Lusaka businesswoman
the six-year long murder trial of Lusaka businesswoman
- AUGUST 6, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: WIFE KILLER TO HANG
A thirty-year-old man has been sentenced to death in Zambia for brutally killing his wife
- JULY 7, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
a thirty-four-year-old man of Kasempa District, in Zambia
a thirty-four-year-old man of Kasempa District, in Zambia
- JUNE 27, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MWENSE FISHERMAN TO HANG
In Zambia, the Ndola High Court has sentenced to death a 23-year-old fisherman of Mwense