Local Government and Housing Minister Vincent Mwale, whose ministry jointly imposed the ban with the health ministry, told Reuters police had been sent to Kanyama township stop the riots.

On Sunday, Zambia declared a curfew in the poor township badly affected by a cholera outbreak to avoid crowding and street vending at night.

Public gatherings have also been banned to counter the disease, which has killed 67 people since September, 62 of them in the capital alone.

--Reuters--