A RIOT broke out in Chingola’s Chiwempala area yesterday, affecting businesses in Antelope, Maiteneke, Twatasha, Mikiloni and Lulamba, where several shops and a bakery were reportedly looted. Zambia Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says preliminary investigations indicate that some illegal miners were angered when Zambia National Service officers stopped them from accessing an open pit for mining activities. Hamoonga adds that the angered illegal miners then proceeded to Chiwempala Market, where they began looting shops and other business premises. He says as the news of the disturbances spread, more illegal miners and members of the public from different townships joined in, escalating the situation. Videos circulated on social media yesterday showing citizens looting mealie meal from local grocery shops, with some...