Capital : Lusaka

Land Area : 740,724 sq km

Head of Government : President HE Mr Levy Patrick Mwanawasa (since 2 January 2002)

Population : 11,261,795 (July 2005 est.)

Major Languages : English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages

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.