Freedom of the press in Zambia for Democratic Process (FODEP)" ZNBC is leading in control of the media market in Zambia, together with the two newspapers belonging to the State and The Post. There are four major newspapers in Zambia: "Times of Zambia" and the "Zambia Daily" which are owned by the State; "The Post" which is the only independent newspaper and "Sunday Times of Zambia" which is sponsored by UNIP. The publication remains only in English language with the range of about 25,000-50,000 in circulations. The newspapers operate also online services. There are about 9 Television stations and 28 Radio stations in Zambia. Zambia in
Swahili language for those areas, and the standard orthography for Swahili was adopted. Swahili has become a second language spoken by tens of millions in three African Great Lakes countries (Tanzania, Kenya, and the DRC) where it is an official or national language. In 2016, Swahili was made a compulsory subject in all Kenyan schools. Swahili and closely related languages are spoken by relatively small numbers of people in Burundi, Comoros, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia and Rwanda. The language was still understood in the southern ports of the Red Sea in the 20th century. Some 80 percent of approximately 49 million Tanzanians