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The Independent Observer > Articles by: Alice Nachilembe

Fistula Patients Advised To Seek Help

A Surgeon has called on women suffering from obstetric fistula to seek early help from health facilities. Dr Goshon Kasanda says some women especially in rural areas are in need of fistula repair but are too ashamed to come out in the open due to the nature of the stigma attached to the condition. Dr […]

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TI-Z Elects First Ever Female Chapter President

Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) has elected Priscilla Chikonde Chansa as its first ever  female Chapter President and chairperson of the Board of Directors. Ms Chansa, who has been a member of TI-Z for twenty years, becomes the first ever female to hold the TI-Z Chapter Presidency, having been elected during an Extraordinary General Meeting held […]

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Marketeer stabbed at Nyenyezi market

By Staff Writer A-45-year-old business man of Masaiti has been stabbed in the stomach with a pair of scissor by his fellow marketeer after a quarrel. Copperbelt Police Commanding Officer Peacewell Mweemba said that on July 27, 2023 at around 18:00 hours, Ignitius Mwamba the victim together with Augustine Kasongo the suspect were at Nyenyezi […]

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Woman burns son over relish

By Staff Writer A woman of Mpatamato in Luanshaya is on the run after she allegedly burnt her eight year-old son with boiling water on allegation that he stole relish from the pot. Benandet Mwewa the mother to Javan Sinkonde caused him to sustain burns on both palms. Copperbelt Police Commanding Officer Peacewell Mweemba said […]

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Students lose property in inferno

By Staff Writer Sixteen students have lost their properties worth thousand kwachas after fire swept through their boarding house in Luanshaya’s Roan area. Copperbelt Police Spokesperson Peacewell Mweemba said that three rooms of the boarding house No.475/3 Roan valued at K132,120 and the property of 16 students who rent the boarding house valued at K87,067=00 […]

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Highlights of this week’s Make Zambia Clean, Green and Healthy campaign

Sweeping and Slashing between Kyawama Roundabout and the Solwezi Airport Drainage cleaning, Litter picking and sweeping between Soltec and Choppies area Engagement of business personnel and other publics on the need to participate in the weekly cleaning activities Gratitude goes to Choppies, Mt Meru Filling Station employees and other Solwezi residents for demonstrating commitment to […]

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Father, son die in an inferno

A- 46-year-old Man and his 22 year-old son have died after a house they were sleeping in was burnt by a candle. Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga has identified the two victims as John Mwandabala and his son John Mwandabala Junior. Mr Hamoonga said that yesterday the July 27, 2023 at around 21:30 hours, the duo, […]

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COP28 UAE and UNFCCC urge G20 nations to show leadership on climate change mitigation and adaptation

Dr. Sultan Al-Jaber, COP28 President-Designate and Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), have called upon G20 nations to take a greater leadership role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. With only 125 days to go, the leaders today issued a joint statement on the sidelines of the G20 ministerial […]

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