Senegal’s President Macky Sall has declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s win at the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). The president, who was outside the country, cancelled the last leg of his trip to welcome back the football stars to Senegal on Monday. President Sall will award the team on […]
Center for Environment Justice (CEJ) Zambia is concerned that protected areas in developing countries are now being over- exploited for financial gains while ignoring the true essence of nature conservancy. CEJ Head of Research Freeman Mubanga said that Climate Change impacts are already proving it difficult for nature conservancy agencies to facilitate the restoration of […]
By Mercy Chewe Football officials, coaches, players and fans turned up in numbers to witness the burial of former Nkana and Zambia Under-20 goalkeeper Moses Mapulanga. Mapulanga was buried at Kabobo Cemetery in Mazabuka on Sunday. The 29-year old keeper died last Wednesday at Mazabuka General Hospital after an illness. “Our son was truly a […]
By ALICE NACHILEMBE Two children from the same family have drowned in Petauke after they were swept off by ragging floods at Kang’ombe stream of Khola village. Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said brief facts of the matter are that Daniel Mwanza the father of the two children after a marital dispute with his wife Esnart […]
Police has charged the six PF cadres who were arrested during the Kabwata parliamentary seat by-election for proposing violence. Police Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said Joshua Tembo 38 of house number 11 Zongwe road in Kamwala South, Kasper Bwalya 31 of unknown house number in Chawama, Jackson Phiri 25 of unknown house number in Chawama, Titus […]
By CLOZZEN BIKALE SOLWEZI General Hospital management has instituted investigations into an incident in which a 17-year-old woman delivered a baby in the corridor of the health facility before being attended to by medical personnel. Hospital senior medical superintendent Namwaka Mukunyangela said in an interview yesterday that the incident is regrettable. Dr Mukunyangela said preliminary […]
By CLOZZEN BIKALE. Solwezi Central Member of Parliament, Stafford Mulusa says Government will continue to construct quality infrastructure under the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in the district in order to improve the living standards of Solwezi residents. Speaking during a handover ceremony at Kawama Primary School, Mr Mulusa said that the increase in the CDF […]
Madagascar is braced for a second cyclone to hit less than two weeks after Storm Ana caused widespread destruction, killing dozens of people. Local officials fear that landslides and flooding could leave tens of thousands of people homeless. Some schools were closed on Friday so they could be converted into shelters. “We are very nervous,” […]
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has been reported to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for allegedly acquiring excessive expenditure of One Million Kwacha on the new Logo. Leadership Movement Media Director Tatila Tatila has implored the ACC to investigate why the ECZ must incur such an excessive expenditure on its new Logo. Mr Tatila was […]
By MAIMBO Mweemba The Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) has handed over eleven Massey Ferguson tractors worth 29 million dollars to Small Scale farmer Enterprises. Speaking during the handover ceremony in Lusaka, Agriculture Minister, Reuben Mtolo said the handover of the tractors to farmers is a step […]
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