Reports monitored by the Maravi Post indicate   Pilato has fled Zambia after receiving threats from supporters of the ruling Patriotic Front party over his hit song “Koswe Mumpoto” (“Rat in the pot”). In Zambian circles the song was widely seen as accusing President Edgar Lungu and his ministers of being corrupt.

“We should be careful with these rats… They want kickbacks in everything in the search for cheese,” says one lyric in the song. Last month, an arrest warrant was issued for Pilato after he failed to appear in court while abroad. Continue reading Zambia: Musician Pilato arrested after fleeing over song accusing Lungu of Corruption →