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::	Conservation farming leads the way
	21 November 2011
	Many families in Rafael in eastern Zambia only had enough food to eat one meal a day three years ago. Today they have converted to conservation farming which has improved their livelihood hugely.

::	Video: People 4 Change in Gaza and Kenya
	25 January 2011
	Meet Lucas in Gaza, Suma in Nairobi, Kenya and Adam in the Kibera slums. Explore how they work - all examples of ActionAid Denmark's new personnel program in developing countries.

::	SABMiller evades tax in Zambia
	02 December 2010
	SABMiller is evading tax in developing countries like Zambia, an ActionAid report has stated. But Zambian Breweries, a subsidiary of SABMiller strongly rejected the allegations made through a widely publicised report released on Monday saying it lacks accuracy and merit.

::	ActionAid Zambia calls for accountability amongst leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS
	01 December 2010
	ActionAid Zambia calls for accountability in the fight against HIV/AIDS and for the protection of Human rights

::	Women and Land Rights Project Call for Consultancy
	05 October 2010

::	Chiefs in Zambia’s Central Province commit themselves to give women better access to land
	21 July 2010
	Women from more than 50 villages in Zambia’s Central Province gathered together last week to give a piece of their minds to their chiefs. Nervous but certain the women asked for better rights and access to land. For most of them it was the first time to kneel down before their chief and express their concerns.

::	Fighting traditions
	20 May 2010
	Mary Banda has fought and won over a Zambian tradition that gives women less rights to land than men.

::	Justice is not as accessible as it should be
	20 May 2010
	Not all is well in the Zambian justice systems. The soon to be published findings of the Access to Justice project highlight some shortcomings in the way the justice system functions, starting from the Police, Legal Aid Board, Directorate of Public Prosecutions, all the way to the Courts (both local and traditional) and prisons around the country.

::	The Food Crisis in Zambia
	20 May 2010
	Despite the drop in international food prices since 2008 food prices in Zambia continue to grow. MS Zambia has produced a report which explores the reasons for this.

::	Chasing the money
	20 May 2010
	The mining for manganese in Luapula Province in Zambia is a mixed blessing to the people of the province, reveals a new report done by Civil Society for Poverty Reduction in Luapula.

::	Minning a mixed blessing for Luapula
	20 May 2010
	The mining for manganese in Luapula Province in Zambia is a mixed blessing to the people of the province, reveals a new report done by Civil Society for Poverty Reduction in Luapula.

::	Millennium Development Goal a far reach in Luapula
	20 May 2010
	Early marriages continue to be a barrier against development in Luapula Province in Zambia, as girls from as low as grade 5 and grade 6 are married of by their families.

::	SACCORD continues fighting deregistration
	20 May 2010
	Though SACCORD has temporarily regained its NGO-status after a six-year battle with the Ministry of Home Affairs, the future of the Zambian organisation is now in the hands of the Supreme Court.

::	A volunteer with a passion - the story of Humphrey
	20 May 2010
	Three years ago Humphrey Zulu was a volunteer for the Anti Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) in Zambia. Then, he helped the organisation in the Voter Education Campaigns. Today he works as their Youth Mobilization and Campaigns Officer.

::	The Inspirator Pilot Review
	19 May 2010
	MS ActionAid Denmark's "inspirator pilot programme" holds great potentials and is a sharing of ideas and experience that can provide highly needed capacity building of partner organisations across borders and add value to our development programmes, says the ActionAid country directors from Uganda and Zimbabwe.

::	Farmers embrace conservation farming
	04 November 2009
	With global climate changes causing unpredictable rainfalls, and with traditional farming methods lowering the quality of the soils, Zambian farmers are looking for alternative methods to be able to survive.

::	Civil Society Day in Lusaka
	04 November 2009
	On October 16th, the annual Civil Society Day march took place in Lusaka, Zambia. See pictures from the event here.

::	The waiting game is over
	03 November 2009
	In 2005 construction began on a rural health centre in Zambia. 4 years later it still wasn't finished. But then the villagers had an idea.

::	When workshops change lives
	03 November 2009
	Sometimes it takes a dramatic event to make serious changes in your life and priorities. Sometimes it just takes a workshop in Zambia.

::	Going green in Denmark
	03 November 2009
	Morgan Mwangala, a volunteer of the Youth Association of Zambia, has just returned from a study trip on climate responsibility in Denmark.

::	Lukulu Floods with Vegetable Supply
	03 November 2009
	Lukulu district in Zambia's Western Province has previously received most vegetable supplies from Mumbwa and Lusaka. This year, however, the story is different.

::	Harsh weather conditions are defeated
	03 November 2009
	In Zambia, many are not aware that diseases can be caused by cold dry weather. ActionAid Zambia has set out to improve the health of children, suffering from weather related illnesses.

::	Traditions are hard to beat
	03 September 2009
	Many parts of Zambian life are influenced by tradition. In some cases, however, Zambian traditions are in direct violation of women and children’s rights.

::	Zambia passes restrictive NGO bill – NGO’s protest
	01 September 2009
	The Zambian president, Rupiah Banda, has given his assent to the NGO-bill on August 28th, thereby finalizing the process of passing the much debated law, which many say will be detrimental to a free Zambian Civil Society.

::	Land Grabs: A direct infringement on Land Rights
	01 September 2009
	Recently, more global corporations are looking at Africa in a different way, not seeing the hungry, but rather, noticing the extensive land mass.

::	How to gain local influence
	01 September 2009
	In order to gain influence on development in your local area, you need to be where the decisions are made. And that is exactly where MS Zambia Partner Luapula CSPR is now.

::	The Zambian NGO Bill: What’s happening?
	30 June 2009
	The Zambian Government intends to revive the much criticized NGO Bill during the next sitting of parliament on July 14th.

::	54% view public officials as corrupt in Zambia
	30 June 2009
	The 2009 Global Corruption Barometer recently launched by Transparency International (TI) shows that Zambians have little faith in their officials and politicians.

::	Lobby efforts bear fruit
	30 June 2009
	Traditional leaders in Chipata in Zambia are now giving women land

::	There's a rat living in my drawer
	30 June 2009
	Eight young volunteers from Denmark recently finished a 3 month stay in Zambia. It turned out to be a very good – if sometimes challenging – experience.

::	Land Rights mission to Nepal
	30 June 2009
	While Civil Society is essential to promote land security for the poorest, it is vital that central government implements a pro-poor agriculture policy to compliment these efforts.

::	Communities fear displacement
	30 June 2009
	Great uncertainty prevails among the rural villagers in Kawambwa district in Zambia. Government and traditional leaders have earmarked their land to establish a farm block.

::	Farming is not only for men
	03 April 2009
	Female farmers of the Lukafi Farmer's group have doubled their yields by discarding traditional farming methods. But it is not only farming traditions, which have changed.

::	Decentralisation means power to the people
	03 April 2009
	When local development is decided by a central government, not much good comes of it. In Samfya in Zambia, citizens are fighting for their right to be heard.

::	More land for women in Chipata
	03 April 2009
	In Zambia, Chipata District Farmer’s Association has come up with a new and innovative way of ensuring equal access to land for women.

::	Women win the day in Luangwa
	03 April 2009
	Women do not usually decide much in Zambia. But things are changing in Luangwa, where a concerted effort to include women is paying off.

::	Land titles are hard to come by
	19 February 2009
	It generally takes 2-4 years to acquire a titled land plot in Petauke, Zambia. But the worst problem is the misinformation and mismanagement of legal procedures.

::	Zambian president backtracks on gender equality
	19 February 2009
	In the area of gender policy, Zambian president Rupiah Banda is clearly not following former president Mwanawasa’s legacy, as he had promised.

::	Abused woman re-unites with children
	19 February 2009
	MS Zambia Partner, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), has helped a woman reunite with her children in their shelter for battered women.

::	Land evictions up for debate
	14 December 2008
	Chizilo citizens in Chipata District in Zambia are currently in a dilemma. They have been living and farming their area for a long time, but are now at the centre of an eviction notice.

::	Bio-fuels could threaten poor farmers
	13 December 2008
	Bio-fuel production on a large commercial scale can jeopardise the livelihood of small-scale farmers. A new forum has been established in Zambia to protect their rights.

::	The struggle for land
	21 October 2008
	If you are living on the Chief's land, you might get evicted, but living on the state's land costs money. To the poorest people in Zambia, land access can be a question of life and death.

::	Fertilizer support is a subsidy disaster
	21 October 2008
	The Zambian government's fertilizer support programme is rocked with corruption and takes resources away from the very farmers it intended to serve.

::	Fertilizer support is not enough
	24 August 2008
	Support to fertilizers in Zambia is increasing, but rising food prices and environmental and climate changes might negate the efforts to impact the living conditions of the poor.

::	Educating youth leaders
	24 August 2008
	Zambian youth are not traditionally part of the decision making processes. But this is about to change.

::	The risky cotton business
	24 August 2008
	Has it been worth it, or should I have used my energy on another crop? This is a question many Zambian cotton farmers are asking themselves.

::	Democracy starts at home
	15 August 2008
	Roger Chongo has begun giving his children pocket money. He also includes them in the planning for the farming of his land. This is because he has learned that democracy starts at home.

::	Landing a school
	15 August 2008
	With 80 pupils to a classroom, Chongwe in Zambia needed a new primary school. But there was no land availabe to build it, before the new Lands Committee looked into the matter.

::	Civil society ready for fight
	18 July 2008
	Together we stand, divided we fall! This is the thinking behind the new NGO Insaka, launched by the Zambian NGO ZCSD this month.

::	Turning honey into money
	18 July 2008
	Honey badgers, ants and bee stings are some of the dangers faced by beekeepers in Itezhi- tezhi district of Zambia’s Southern province. But this is still better than meeting snakes and lions in the wild and having to cut down a lot of trees to get to the honeycombs

::	Dreaming of Radio
	18 July 2008
	The wishes for what the new radio in Itezhi-tezhi in Zambia will do, once it starts broadcasting, are many. But now the building is about to be finished.

::	Does Aid work?
	17 July 2008
	The effectiveness of development aid was under discussion at an international conference held in Canada organized by the North South Institute in June. It was concluded that the international aid architecture needs urgent reform.

::	Tackling land disputes
	17 July 2008
	Land disputes are common in Zambia, sometimes even leading to threats of bloodshed among local chiefs, when they don't agree on the boundaries.

::	Helping decentralization along
	17 July 2008
	Kuyovwana means 'helping one another'. And that is exactly what the members of the Saccord Kuyovwana group intend to promote among all the different stakeholders working with decentralization in Itezhi-tezhi district in Zambia.

::	Female farmers unite
	17 July 2008
	Women in the Kanyanja area of Chipata district in Zambia have realized the great potential when women unite to present their issues and concerns in a unified voice.

::	A tree turns into an office
	19 June 2008
	Kafue District Council in Zambia is in the process of supplying their Area Development Committees (ADCs) with office facilities. The offices have brought great benefits in terms of making the ADCs more visible to the communities, but the new visibility also carries a new load of responsibility with it.

::	When sensitization works
	17 June 2008
	Mansa District Land Alliance (MDLA) in Zambia has held several awareness workshops about land rights for its member organizations and results are now beginning to show.

::	The death of Betina Dalgas
	25 September 2007
	MS is very sad to have to announce the death of Betina Dalgas, information worker at MS in Zambia since February 2007, who died on Thursday the 20th September in a tragic car accident in northern Zambia.

::	NGO bill postponed
	28 August 2007
	The civil society in Zambia has won a great battle. The much criticized NGO bill has been postponed indefinitely.

::	Zambian NGO’s are struggling against time
	01 August 2007
	With the new drastic NGO bill waiting just around the corner, the civil society in Zambia and the international NGO’s have joined forces in a final attempt to stop the criticized law.

::	Zambian NGO’s don't need government intervention
	11 June 2007
	NGO’s are mature enough to regulate themselves. Government intervention is not welcome. That is the message from more than 40 civil society organizations in Zambia, as a reaction to the governments proposed and much criticized NGO Bill.

::	New land policy
	04 June 2007
	Zambia has been waiting for a new land administration and management policy since 2002. Now the draft is here, and Henry Machina, who is the National Coordinator at Zambia Land Alliance, has taken a quick look at the draft, and he is not impressed.

::	Zambia is heading for a new constitution
	30 November 2005
	The draft for a new Zambian Constitution is a progressive document, says human rights organisation. The question is if the political leaders have the courage to implement the draft.

::	We Should Behave Like Christians - Not Proclaim It
	01 September 2005
	From a legal point of view the Christian Nation Declaration in the Zambian Constitution is discriminatory, inconsistent with the Constitution itself and poses a potential source of conflict among the Zambian people, says Professor C. Anyangwe of the University of Zambia School of Law.

::	Development for the People
	01 September 2005
	Civil Society in Zambia has finalised its input to the National Development Plan (NDP), which will outline the framework for national development for the next five years. The priority for Civil Society has been ensure, that the NDP will aim at reducing poverty levels.

::	Strong Manifestation of Concern over Third Term Debate
	21 February 2001

::	Zambia: Land law is a set-back to the dark ages
	01 October 1998
	The Land Act is causing millions of Zambians to be deprived of land and livelihood without any form of compensation. Its another apartheid, says an outspoken Zambian land activist, in her personal comment to the situation.

::	Zambia: Faith in government and magic
	01 October 1998
	In chief Chiawas area on the banks of Zambezi River the village leaders do not worry too much about title deeds and foreign investors.