A group of Cornell graduate students is currently working with the Zambian government to increase tourism in Zambia –– which, they hope, will ultimately lead to a better economy.

A Zambian judge dismissed on Sept. 25 the contempt charges against a major Zambian newspaper, which were filled as a result of a article written by a Cornell professor. The charges were initially filed on Aug. 31 after Prof. Muna Ndulo, law, penned a controversial article that was published in the Post-Zambia.

Lusaka High Court Judge Albert Wood dismissed the charges, citing a lack of foundation and a procedural error that occurred when the charges were filled.

The editorial board of a major Zambian newspaper will be facing up to six months in prison as a result of a column written by a Cornell Professor in defense of the paper’s imprisoned editor.

On Aug. 27, Prof. Muna Ndulo, law, director of the Institute for African Development, wrote a column in The Zambia Post, the primary opposition newspaper in Zambia, criticizing the government’s arrest of that newspaper’s editor, Chansa Kabwela, on charges of distributing obscene materials.