Monthly Archives: September 2016

Prince William is a royal hero as he rushes to help elderly man after he dramatically collapses during visit with Kate Middleton

Prince William quickly jumped to Lord Lieutenant Jonathan Douglas-Hughes’ aid as he collapsed in front of Kate Middleton and staff at the Stewards Academy in Harlow. Wills appeared to brush the Lord’s shoulders and made sure he was unharmed before they continued their visit. The royals visited the academy to see how children’s mental health charity Place2Be helps support young people ...

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Cech returns for Arsenal at Hull

Petr Cech will return in goal for Arsenal at Hull City on Saturday after missing the 1-1 Champions League draw at Paris St Germain in midweek. Colombian David Ospina was selected in Paris and made some fine saves but manager Arsene Wenger told a news conference on Friday that Cech would be back at Hull. He added that Wales midfielder ...

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South Sudan refugees reach one million mark

The number of people who have fled South Sudan because of the country’s civil war has passed the one million mark, the UN refugee agency says. Fighting that broke out in the capital, Juba, in July is responsible for the latest surge in those fleeing, it says. More than 1.6 million people are also displaced within South Sudan, meaning about ...

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Thirty three Lusaka councilors take oath

The thirty three councilors in Lusaka have today taken oath of office after being elected in last month’s general elections. And Lusaka Town Clerk Alex Mwansa has disclosed that the installation of the Lusaka Mayor Wilson Kalumba will be done before Friday next week. Speaking during the swearing in ceremony of the 33 councilors this morning, Mr. Mwansa says the ...

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UNWTO projects an increase in international tourists flow into Africa

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has projected an increase in international tourist arrivals to Africa. Zambia’s Permanent Representative to the UNWTO Humphrey Chibanda says the UNWTO projects an annually growth of 2 to 5 percent in international tourist arrivals to Africa as a whole. Mr. Chibanda who is also Zambia’s Ambassador to France observed that the projected increase ...

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COMESA begin application consideration for Somalia, Tunisia

COMESA has officially begun the consideration of applications made by Somalia and Tunisia to join following their formal requests to be part of it. The initial consideration of their applications is being done by the Nineteenth Meeting of COMESA Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General which has opened in Lusaka today. And COMESA Assistant Secretary General for programmes Kipyego Cheluget ...

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ActionAid guides on achieving SDG’s 5, 10

A report carried out by ActionAid Zambia on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 5 and 10 has recommended governments in developing countries to urgently improve on their policy readiness if they want to have any chances of achieving development goals. The report shows that governments in developing countries do not yet have the laws and policies in place to allow them ...

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Angola commits to stronger ties with Zambia

Angolan President José Eduardo Dos Santos has expressed his Government’s willingness to continue consolidating the mutual ties that exist between Zambia and Angola. In a message of congratulations to President Edgar Lungu President, President Dos Santos has said the Angolan Government is willing to continue enhancing the mutual ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries and for the ...

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Disband office of District Commissioner – ZCSD urges govt

The Zambia Council for Socio Development (ZCSD) has joined calls for President Edgar Lungu to do away with the office of the district commissioner. ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape says now that the country has executive mayors and council chairpersons, they can perform those duties that the office of the district commissioner’s was performing. He says doing away with the ...

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