A group of doctors in Uganda caused a stir over the weekend after kneeling before long-time President Yoweri Museveni and asking him to stand for a seventh term. The 78-year-old leader has been in power since 1986. The next general elections are due in 2026. The doctors representing the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) had attended […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA East Boundary private school has held its first graduation ceremony for the reception, grade sevens and nines with emphasis on their learners to be productive in the community. Speaking at the ceremony school Director Kate Mapipo said the pupils are ready to take up what lies in their grades because they have […]
Churches and mosques in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, have been urged to be “considerate” and reduce high noise levels at their premises. In a tweet, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja said he will be having a discussion with religious leaders on regulating noise levels. The city recently banned nightclubs from operating in residential areas following complaints from residents about […]
Zambia is next year expected to join Costa Rica, Netherlands, Korea and the United States in hosting the second Summit for Democracy. The Summit will demonstrate how democracies deliver for their citizens and the nations are best equipped to address the world’s most pressing challenges. In a statement posted on the White House website, the […]
Zambia’s President Hakahinde Hichilema has said he plans to sell the presidential jet his predecessor bought in his last months in office in controversial circumstances. Hakainde Hichilema said he wants to recover $193m (£160m) that was spent to buy the Gulfstream G650. “We do not support that extravagance, because we could have gotten a plane […]
A Zambian student who died in Ukraine early this month had been fighting for the shadowy Russian mercenary group Wagner, the Reuters news agency quotes Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin as saying. “Yes, I remember this guy well,” Mr Prigozhin, who is head of the Wagner group, is quoted as saying in a written response to […]
By Staff writer Police have apprehended one suspect a garden boy aged 23 of Kalundu area in Lusaka West in connection with the alleged murder of a couple identified as Bernard Chomba and Bwalya Chileshe. The bodies of Bernard Chomba and and his wife Bwalya Chileshe of Kasupe area were found in a decomposed state […]
Cameroon kept their hopes alive of reaching the World Cup last 16 after battling back from two goals down to draw a six-goal thriller with Serbia in Group G. Cameroon took the lead through Jean-Charles Castelletto but Strahinja Pavlovic and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic replied to give Serbia a half-time advantage. Aleksandar Mitrovic added a third for […]
By Staff Writer The Zambezi River Authority has firmly guided that the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and Kariba Hydro Power Company Limited (KHPC) immediately ensure that generation activities at the South Bank Power Station are wholly suspended henceforth, until January 2023. Authority chief executive engineer Munyaradzi Munodawafa said the suspension will be in place until […]
More than 20 people have drowned in rivers and dams across South Africa’s northern Limpopo province in less than two months amid persistent rains, the police have said. The police said they were attending to “numerous calls” of drowning cases in all the five districts of the province. “From the beginning of October 2022 to […]
Maimbo Mweemba
