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The Independent Observer

Chief Lubunda nods development

Chief Lubunda of the Lunda and Chishinga people of Luapula province says Zambia will change for the better if government maintains the current pace of infrastructure development. The traditional leaders says it is good that Government is not only putting up modern hospitals and schools in urban areas but also in the rural areas. Chief […]

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Govt calls for more funding for refugees

Minister of Home Affairs Stephen Kampyongo says there is need for government and cooperating partners to increase funding so that refugees in various camps are adequately supported. Mr Kampyongo says the country currently has recorded over 40 thousand Congolese refugees in various camps seeking asylum. He says so far various partners working with government have […]

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Kasumbalesa marketeers’ shelter completed

By ALICE NACHILEMBE The New Kasumbalesa Market shelter has been completed and all the stands put in place. The project which is scheduled to be commissioned in two weeks’ time gobbled K495,000 of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Chililabombwe Mayor Christabel Mulala said the Shelter has a capacity to accommodate 432 marketeers. Ms Mulala said […]

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Irish abortion referendum voting opens

Polls are open in the referendum on the Republic of Ireland’s abortion laws. The vote will decide whether to repeal a part of the constitution, known as the Eighth Amendment, which effectively bans terminations in the country. Currently, abortion is only allowed when a woman’s life is at risk, but not in cases of rape, […]

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North willing to talk at any time

North Korea has said it is still willing to talk “at any time in any form” after US President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled his meeting with Kim Jong-un. Vice-foreign minister Kim Kye-gwan said Mr Trump’s decision was “extremely regrettable”. President Trump blamed the North’s “open hostility” for the cancellation. The summit would have been the […]

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Zambian Multi-Millionaire Rajan Mahtani Loses Cement Firm To Powerful Ventriglia Family

Zambian multi-millionaire entrepreneur Rajan Mahtani has lost ownership of Zambezi Portland Cement, a leading cement manufacturer in the southern African country, as the High Court of Zambia awarded full ownership of the company to the Ventriglia family of Italy on Monday. The resolution follows a 10-year court battle between the Ventriglia family and Rajan Mahtani, […]

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ECL pays tribute to freedom fighters

President Edgar Lungu has paid tribute to African freedom fighters who contributed to the liberation of the continent saying their sacrifice must Not be forgotten. President Lungu says as Zambia and the continent commemorate African Freedom Day tomorrow, Africans must rekindle the spirit of the founding fathers of African independence. Speaking in his special address […]

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State House clears air

State House says there was no impropriety in President Edgar Lungu signing a sovereign agreement used to raise emergency financing for power imports by Zesco in the run up to the 2016 general election. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says President Lungu signed the agreement at the time […]

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