Ugandan opposition MP Allan Ssewanyana was re-arrested moments after being released from prison on bail on Thursday evening. His lawyer, MP Shamim Malende, says she has no information on who is holding her client nor his whereabouts. In a video clip shared across social media, the legislator can be seen walking past the prison facility’s […]
Former South African President Jacob Zuma is back home after he was discharged from hospital, local media report, where he is expected to serve the rest of his jail term for contempt of court. He spent his first night at his Nkandla home in KwaZulu-Natal after his release from the hospital in Gauteng, the Times […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Ministry of local Government has acquired 166 contracts covering 6,390 kilometres of feeder roads valued at over 8 billion Kwacha. Local Government and Rural Development Minister Garry Nkombo said this brings the ongoing contracts to 211 covering over 8657 kilometres in various districts countrywide. Mr Nkombo said that his ministry has procured […]
Exiled Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has been detained in Italy on a Spanish arrest warrant. Spain has accused him of sedition for a breakaway independence referendum in 2017 that the courts ruled illegal. At the time he was president of Catalonia but fled to Belgium after the vote. He lives there and sits as […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Chingola Mayor Johnson Kang’ombe has pledged to continue rebuilding Chingola with the aim of turning it into a city. Speaking during his installation ceremony yesterday, Mr Kang’ombe commended former Mayor Titus Tembo for his service to Chingola. “Chingola Municipal Council under Mr Tembo has built nine market shelters, rehabilitated roads, and put […]
By Maimbo Mweemba The Provincial administration in the Southern Province has sent a stern warning to procurement officers that it will not tolerate any form of malpractice in the procurement of goods and services in the Province and spelt out three pillars under which the officers should operate. Southern Province Minister Cornelius Mweetwa says as […]
Amnesty International has accused Gambian President Adama Barrow of failing to repeal repressive laws that stifle press freedom in the country. The human rights group said the country had recorded more than 15 assaults on journalists in the last four years, according to its report released on Wednesday. President Barrow came to power in 2017 […]
Algeria has closed its airspace to all Moroccan civil and military aircrafts, the Algerian presidency has said. The move was announced “in view of the continued provocations and hostile practices on the Moroccan side”, according to the statement. This comes less than a month after Algeria cut diplomatic relations with Morocco. The decision was arrived […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in Kasama has arrested an Assistant Civil Engineer at Kanchibiya Town Council for corrupt practices involving K60, 000. ACC spokesperson Queen Chibwe said Mr Luckson Chishimba aged 34 of Chitulika in Mpika was charged with corrupt practices by public officer. “On dates unknown but between 1st May and […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Energy Regulation Board says the fuel Tankers which were procured for the purposes of Youth empowerment by the Ministry of Sports were provisionally allowed to operate for a temporary period of time. ERB Acting Public Relations Manager Musonda Chibulu said that as a result of an MOU which was signed with the […]
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