Zambian authorities closed the country's top courts on Monday citing, blocking access to the premises on the last day that the opposition could file a challenge to this month's disputed election. A memorandum from the chief administrator of the judiciary, said that "for security reasons,' all members of staff are advised not to report for work on Monday. Arthur Davies Sikopo, our Zambia Correspondent now reports.

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