Zimbabwe has become the first county in Africa to approve a long-acting injectable drug that prevents HIV transmission. The first two injections of Cabotegraviror CAB-LA are administered four weeks apart, followed by an injection every eight weeks. The drug has received regulatory approval in two other countries, the US and Australia. Zimbabwe will begin rolling […]
Environmental groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo are warning that gold mining in the north-east of the country is threatening the habitat of the forest giraffe, or okapi. The stripy-legged herbivore – the only living relative of the more familiar giraffe – is already considered an endangered species. Organisations including the Congolese Alert Network […]
By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Chingola Constituency Member of Parliament Chipoka Mulenga has commissioned a borehole at Mutimpa Primary School to Carter for the school, clinic and nearby residents. Speaking during the commissioning of the borehole, Mr Mulenga said that as it was promised during the campaigns safe and clean water has been delivered to the school. […]
Kenya’s President William Ruto has disbanded an elite police unit which has allegedly been linked to extrajudicial killings in the country in recent years. The president, who came to office in September, said the move was part of efforts to overhaul the country’s security sector. He told a church congregation on Sunday: “I am the […]
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has expressed concern over the high birth rate in the East African country and urged citizens to take up birth control measures. It is a major reversal from the position of her predecessor, the late John Magufuli, who openly encouraged women not to use contraception. President Samia confronted the country’s […]
By MERCY MULENGA Chingola Constituency Member of Parliament Chipoka Mulenga has disclosed that the building of markets and sinking of boreholes have commenced in some rural area. Mr Chipoka says the implementation of projects in the first year has seen a lot of focus in rural areas with the construction of markets and sinbking of […]
The court in Kampala has set October 28 when it will deliver its judgment in a case in which former Uganda Airlines chief executive officer, Mr Cornwell Muleya is accused of disobedience of lawful orders in regard to the national carrier’s management. The Zambian national appeared last week before Buganda Road Court Grade One Magistrate, […]
By Staff Writer Chieftainess Chungu of Yaba people in Lupososhi Town has urged parents and guardians in her chiefdom to ultilise government’s free education policy by taking their children to school. Chieftainess Chungu said that with the free education policy in place, no child should fail to go to school. “Previously some parents and guardians […]
Cases of cholera in Malawi have more than tripled in the last two months as authorities struggle to contain an outbreak that has killed more than 117 people so far. The UN says that cases across the country have jumped from 1,000 to more than 4,200 since August. The first case of cholera, which spreads […]
Dear Editor, The recent announced increment in buses/Tax charges by the UPND government is total punishment to the people that voted President Hakainde Hichilema. With this increment, we can simply say UPND lied to the people of Zambia that they will reduce the costs of living and production by ensuring the prices of fuel and […]
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