Daily Archives: December 22, 2017

Catalonia election: Puigdemont hails ‘defeat’ for Spanish state

Catalonia’s ousted separatist leader, Carles Puigdemont, has declared that the Spanish state has been defeated in a snap regional election. Speaking in Brussels where he is in self-imposed exile, Mr Puigdemont hailed the result as a victory for the “Catalan republic”. Separatist parties will hold a slim, reduced, majority in the new assembly. However the Citizens party, which wants Catalonia ...

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Zambia climb one spot in Fifa rankings

The Zambia national football team has improved its position on the latest Fifa rankings published on Thursday, rising by a single place to its highest position this year, to end 2017 in 74th position globally, 15th in Africa and as the highest ranked team from the Cosafa region. Zambia started the year ranked 88th globally but fell to 99th position ...

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PF cautions ‘NDC Political Consultant’ Kambwili

The ruling Patriotic Front has cautioned National Democratic Congress (NDC) officials to desist from politics of provocation and character assassination. PF Media Director Sunday Chanda is cautioning NDC Political Consultant Chishimba Kambwili and the opposition in general to engage in politics devoid of character assassination, hate speech and inciting one tribe or one party against another if the country is ...

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CSPR welcomes cancelation of Zambia’s debt

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says the cancelation of 80% of Zambia’s debt by Brazil will provide relief to the treasury to invest in key sectors of Zambia’s economy. Brazil and Zambia last week signed a US$ 90.7 million debt write-off. Before the debt write-off was executed, Zambia owed the South American economic giant a consolidated amount of ...

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Implementation of e-voucher system chaotic – UPND

The opposition UPND has advised the government to start working out modalities of importing maize from neighboring countries in anticipation of poor maize yields next year. UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani says this is in view of the chaotic implementation of the e-voucher coupled with the outbreak of the fall army worms in certain parts of ...

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