Zambia's maverick diplomat recalled from Libya

Chitala was summarily dismissed on January 31 for writing without clearance an article in a Libyan newspaper calling for the immediate formation of an African continental government and criticising by name some African governments that he accused of proceeding at "a snail's pace" towards the formation of an African continental government.

The office of the Vice-President has in the past week taken the extraordinary step of issuing a statement in the form of an advert pointing out the damage that the article has done and also the whole raft of public service regulations governing the conduct of Zambian diplomats.