Daily Archives: January 27, 2018

Paris readies for floods as Seine surges higher

Riverside homes and businesses in Paris are on high alert as the swollen River Seine threatens to overflow its banks. Weeks of rainfall have produced a relentless rise in the water level, which is expected to peak at around 6m (20ft) above normal. Touring boats are tied up, riverside roads are sealed off and the Louvre museum has closed a ...

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Kabul attack: Taliban kill 95 with ambulance bomb in Afghan capital

A suicide bombing has killed at least 95 people and injured 158 others in the centre of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, officials say. Attackers drove an ambulance laden with explosives past a police checkpoint into a street that was only open to government workers. It happened near the old interior ministry building and offices of the European Union and High Peace ...

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Zambia take aim at Sudan in quarters

Zambia will take aim at Sudan when the teams meet in the second quarterfinal of the 2018 African Nations Championship, set for Saturday at the Stade Marrakech. Kick-off is at 9.30pm CAT. Zambia topped Group B thanks to impressive wins over Uganda and Ivory Coast, before settling for a 1-1 draw with Southern Africans rivals and fellow quarterfinal qualifiers – ...

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Govt on course to combat Cholera

The ministry of health says it has made significant progress in eradicating the cholera outbreak through the multi sectorial response. Speaking when he toured the Soweto BH market and inspected the burying of shallow wells in Kanyama, ministry of health permanent secretary for administration Dr Kennedy malama says there has been a lot of corporation from members of the community ...

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Govt to introduce laws against social media misuse

Transport and Communications Minister Brain Mushimba has clarified and reassured the public that government will not ban social media but regulate its use. Mr. Mushimba says he will be taking three bills to parliament when it resumes sitting that supports productive use of internet and social media. The Transport and Communications Minister says the three bills will be cyber security ...

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Govt will slow down on borrowing – Mutati

Finance Minister Felix Mutati says government will this year slow down on borrowing to allow for the private public partnership model to address various economic challenges in the country. Speaking on behalf of the council of ministers on the committee of the public private partnerships after touring the US$1.4 billion Kingsland ZAF project, Mr. Mutati says government is working on ...

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YALI urges Lungu to deal with Inter City ‘thugs’

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) says Lusaka Inter City Bus Station is another area President Edgar Lungu as Commander in Chief must decisively deal with by ordering Defence Forces to take over and hand it to the Lusaka City Council. The organization says most importantly, President Lungu and PF Senior Leaders in Lusaka Province must order dissolution of what ...

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Kapata urges Zambians to acquire land in Chipili district

Lands and Natural Resource Minister Jean Kapata has urged Zambians to stop fighting for small pieces of land in Lusaka and consider acquiring land in newly created Chipili district of Luapula Province. Ms Kapata, who is Mandevu Patriotic Front (PF) Member of Parliament, has observed that while in Lusaka people are fighting small pieces of land, Chipili Town Council is ...

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ZEMA in 2017 considered 774 projects estimated at US$12.9 billion

The Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) says it in 2017 considered a total of 774 projects covering all sectors of development across the country with an estimated investment cost of US$12,954,073,182. ZEMA Corporate Affairs Manager Irene Chipili has confirmed to Q news that of the considered 774 projects, 738 were approved, four were deferred pending submission of additional information from ...

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Moody’s upgrades Zambia’s outlook to stable

Moody Investors Services has upgraded the rating outlook for Zambia to stable from negative. According to a rating action statement issued in London by Moody’s, the stable outlook reflects reduced government liquidity pressures and a slowdown in government debt accumulation. On 24 January 2018, a Moody’s rating committee was called to discuss the rating of the Government of Zambia. The ...

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