There is no one formally authorized to sell them in the southern African country, nor can anyone admit owning one, or going still further and using one even in private. Controversial sex dolls, recently blasted by Nigerian Muslims, have raised a national debate in Zambia with more and more voices against the state’s harsh stance popping up. Zambian liberals, namely from The Patriots for Economic... 

Police in the Central African nation of Malawi have formally sanctioned the intervention of a famous Zambian witchdoctor in the southern part of that country to “cleanse the people of witchcraft,” the Nyasa Times has reported. According to the Malawian newspaper, the police “have disregarded the Malawi Witchcraft Act that denies the existence of witchcraft in the country and invited a witchdoctor... 

Zambian Vice President Guy Scott has been appointed as the country’s acting head of state, following the death of President Michael Sata. Sata, who was long said to be seriously ill, died Tuesday while undergoing medical treatment for an undisclosed disease at London’s King Edward VII Hospital. Scott was sworn in as Zambia’s acting president on Wednesday, making him the first Caucasian leader...