Capital : Lusaka

Land Area : 752,618 sq km

Head of Government : President Rupiah Banda (since 2008)

Population : 11,862,740 (July 2009 estimate)

Major Languages : Bemba 30.1% (official), Nyanja 10.7% (official), Tonga 10.6% (official), Lozi 5.7% (official), Chewa 4.9%, Nsenga 3.4%, Tumbuka 2.5%, Lunda 2.2% (official), Kaonde 2% (official), Lala 2%, Luvale 1.7% (official), English 1.7% (official), other 22.5% (2000 Census)

Major Religion(s) : Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%

Date of Joining : 1964

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CHRI Submission to CMAG :
February 1998

Fact Finding Mission

Articles from RTI Updates:

• Information Bill must be handled cautiously-Aka, Times of Zambia, (no date/ 2004).
• Enact law, government urged, One World Africa, Zambia Independent Media Association, (no date/2004).
• News, The Post (Lusaka), 11 February 2004.

Bills/Laws/Acts from RTI:

• The Freedom Of Information Bill, 2002, National Assembly.