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Mines urged to safeguard lives of employees

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Chingola Constituency Member of Parliament Chipoka Mulenga has urged mining companies to ensure that they put the safety of their employees first. Speaking when he visited China Copper Mine (CMC) on a familiarization tour, Mr Chipoka was concerned about the long working hours that the employees have been subjected to at the […]

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Education one of UPND’s priority-Chipoka

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Chingola Constituency Member of Parliament Chipoka Mulenga yesterday paid a courtesy call Chabanyama combined schools to see how the school has been faring. During his visit, Mr Chipoka inspected a one by five classroom block at the school that is been built through PTA and ward development fund. Mr Chipoka also commended […]

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Chingola MP donates to Chawama clinic

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Chingola constituency Member of Parliament Chipoka Mulenga yesterday visited Chawama clinic to appreciate the works and challenges that the clinic is faced with. Mr Chipoka also visited the maternity ward and donated to mothers of new born babies some hampers. He also donated two digital blood pressure machines (BP), surgical gloves, cleaning […]

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129,600 doses of J and J vaccines coming

Zambia will today receive 129,600 doses of the Johnson and Johnson vaccines. The doses come as the first consignment of 4,400,000 doses committed to be procured by the Government through the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust -AVAT-. And Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Technical Services Kennedy Malama said the doses that will arrive this afternoon come […]

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South Sudan warned over freedom of expression

Western diplomats in South Sudan have said the government should respect freedom of expression, including the right to peaceful protest. Their joint statement follows the arrest of a number of activists in the wake of a call by a group calling itself People’s Coalition for Civil Action, which is allegedly planning an anti-government protest on […]

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Thousands of Boko Haram fighters surrender in Nigeria

The Nigerian military says nearly 6,000 Boko Haram members including commanders, fighters and their families have surrendered to the authorities in the last couple of weeks. Cameroon had also announced the surrender of hundreds of Boko Haram militants in the country recently. In Nigeria, the mass surrender of the members of the militant group is […]

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