Daily Archives: September 7, 2017

President Lungu to commission Lusaka – Ndola dual carriage way

President Edgar Lungu is this Friday expected to commission the expansion of the 1.2 Billion U.S Dollar Great North Road into Lusaka – Ndola dual carriage way. The Contractor has mobilized equipment and works on some sections of the road have already started. And the Road Development Agency (RDA) says the Lusaka -Ndola dual carriage way will make travel on ...

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Togo protests against Faure Gnassingbé

Tens of thousands of people have marched through the streets of Togo’s capital, Lomé, protesting against President Faure Gnassingbé. The number of demonstrators is said to be unprecedented. The internet has been severely restricted. A government concession to introduce a two-term presidential limit through a constitutional amendment failed to dissuade the protesters. They want Mr Gnassingbé, who has been in ...

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Israeli jets ‘hit Syrian chemical site’

Syria says Israeli jets have hit a military base in the west of the country, amid reports of a strike on a chemical weapons factory. An army statement said rockets fired from Lebanese airspace targeted the site near Masyaf, killing two soldiers. Unconfirmed Arab media reports say a chemical weapons production facility was hit in the attack. Israel, which has ...

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Hurricane Irma causes devastation across the Caribbean

Hurricane Irma has caused widespread destruction across the Caribbean, reducing buildings to rubble and leaving at least seven people dead. The small island of Barbuda is said to be “barely habitable”, while officials warn that St Martin is almost destroyed. With the scale of the damage still emerging the death toll is likely to rise. Meanwhile, two other storms have ...

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SA v Senegal qualifier to be replayed

Fifa has ordered the World Cup qualifier between South Africa and Senegal, played in November 2016, to be replayed after the referee was banned for life. Fifa said in March that Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey had been banned for life after they found him guilty of unlawfully influencing a match result following South Africa’s 2-1 win over Senegal in African ...

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Cape Verde eyeing fairytale WCup trip

Cape Verde Islands are in contention for a shock World Cup spot with successive wins over South Africa giving them a fairytale chance to become the smallest nation to play at the finals. The archipelago off the west coast of Africa has just over 500 000 inhabitants, making it 100 times smaller than South Africa who they beat 2-1 in Praia ...

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NAREP reluctant to make submissions on POA

The opposition National Restoration Party (NAREP) says it is reluctant to make submissions towards the revision of the Public Order Act because the PF Government is happy with the act in its current form. Mr. Nondo says the PF is on record claiming that the Public Order Act is perfect in its current form and so those who are submitting ...

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FODEP condemns demands to sack Mutati

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has described as premature demands by some PF members who are demanding for the resignation of Minister of Finance Felix Mutati for allegedly destabilizing the party. FODEP Executive Director Mweenge Chimfwembe says this is because when the Patriotic Front was entering into alliance with the Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD), they knew very well ...

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