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Ministry of Justice
Fairly Road, Ridgeway
P.O. Box 50069
Lusaka
Tel: +260 211 252 666
Ministry of Labour and Social Security
New Government Complex, Nasser Road
P.O. Box 32186
Lusaka
Tel: +260 211 221 432
Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources,
and Environmental Protection
Mulungushi House, Independence Avenue
P.O. Box 50694
Lusaka
Tel: +260 211 252 323
Ministry of Local Government and Housing
Church Road
P.O. Box 50027
Lusaka
Tel: +260 211 253 495
Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water
Development
New Government Complex, Nasser Road
P.O. Box 50069 Lusaka
Tel: +260 211 252 666
Ministry of Transport, Works, Supply, and
Communications
Fairley Road
P.O. Box 50236
Lusaka
Tel: +260 211 252 366
Ministry of Tourism and Arts
Kwacha House, Cairo Road
P.O. Box 30575
Lusaka
Tel: +260 211 222 189
Ministry of Youths and Sports
New Government Complex, Nasser Road
P.O. Box 51025
Lusaka
Tel. +260 211 229 348
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Zambia has long been vocal in its opposition to white
majority rule and colonialism. After gaining indepen-
dence in 1964, President Kenneth Kaunda became
a visible advocate for change in the region. He sup-
ported a number of independence movements in the
surrounding countries, and he most notably spoke
out in support of the African National Congress,
which fought for an end of the apartheid in South
Africa.
Throughout the 1970s and 80s, South Africa and
Rhodesia carried out military raids inside Zambia be-
cause of its support for such liberation movements.
Economically-speaking, Zambia also suffered be-
cause a great deal of its electric supply and trans-
portation came through South Africa and Rhodesia.
Zambia continues to enjoy wide popularity among
countries in southern Africa because of the part it
played in their liberation struggles.
During the Cold War, as with most African coun-
tries, Zambia became a member of the Non-Aligned
Movement. It still retains membership; however, it
can be said that its politics tend to lean more to the
left than to the right.
President Frederick Chiluba, Kaunda's successor,
also played a significant role in African politics. His
government sponsored peace talks in Angola, which
led to the 1994 Lusaka Protocols, and he also pro-
vided troops to UN peacekeeping initiatives in Mo-
zambique, Rwanda, Angola, and Sierra Leone. In
1994, Zambia became the first African state to co-
operate with the International Tribunal investigation
regarding the Rwanda genocide.
SECURITY
As is the case in every major city that suffers high
rates of unemployment, petty theft is quite common.
It is important to be careful when walking around
with anything of value. It is ill advised to leave vehi-
cles unlocked or to exchange money on the streets.
That being said, Zambians are quite friendly people.
For example, when it comes to personal safety,
hitchhiking alone throughout the country is quite
safe.
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