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Nine of the kidnapped girls were nursing students-Mwiimbu

Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Jack Mwiimbu has said that nine among the 13 girls abducted in Lusaka were nursing students, while four were mobile money agents. Police have since arrested five people in connection with the abduction cases who among the suspects include James Bwalya and Charles Sikaonga. He said the victims […]

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Kasumbalesa border fracas worsens

By Staff writer Some Congolese traders are now throwing stones at police officers who are trying to calm the situation happening at Kasumbalesa border post, following a sitting protest by Zambian truck drivers who have denied going into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) because of harassment being faced. The truck drivers in doing a […]

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Chingola Council Skills Centres empowered with equipment

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Chingola Mayor Johnson Kangombe has handed over machinery equipment to skills training centers in the district the Chingola Municipal Council. The machinery which includes sewing electric machines and carpentry kits were donated by the workaid to empower men and women through the local authority. Speaking at the handover ceremony held at the […]

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Faith Musonda rearrested

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested Margaret Chisela Musonda alias Faith Musonda for possession of property worth over K17 million suspected of being proceeds of crime. Ms Musonda 38, of Kingsland City, Twin Palm Road, Lusaka, has been arrested and charged with ten counts of possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. ACC […]

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Uganda confirms death of another medic from Ebola

The Ugandan health ministry has confirmed the death of another health worker, an anaesthetic officer, who died in the early hours of Wednesday. Margaret Nabisubi, 58, is the fourth medical worker to die of Ebola, according to Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng. A team of medics got exposed to the virus when they treated the […]

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Botswana, Zambia relations anchored on two frameworks

Zambia’s Acting High Commissioner to Botswana Brighton Litula says Botswana and Zambia relations are anchored on two frameworks namely; the Joint Permanent Commission on Defence and Security (JPCDS) and the Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation (JPCC). Speaking when a team of Zambia Defence Services Command and Staff College Delegation paid a courtesy call on him, […]

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Zambian stabbed to death in South Africa

A Zambian National, based in South Africa was on Tuesday 27th September,2022 stabbed by unknown people in unexplained circumstances. Goodson Chomba, 34, is said to have been stabbed several times and was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. Mother to the deceased, Anna Chama, confirmed the matter to the Zambia […]

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