Zambia prosecutes editor of Post

An editor at Zambia's biggest-selling newspaper has been charged with distributing obscene materials relating to a health sector crisis.

The Post sent harrowing images of a woman giving birth in the street to government ministers to highlight the effects of a health sector strike.

In May and June, Zambia's hospitals and clinics ground to a halt as doctors and nurses went on strike over pay.

An official government spokesman declined to comment on the case.

The trial of the Lusaka-based Post's female news editor, Chansa Kabwela, is due to start at the beginning of August.

'Too gruesome to publish'

Pictures of the woman giving birth, to a child which subsequently died, were taken by a family member and handed to the Post.

[1]
Item 1 of 1 displayed.