Daily Archives: June 20, 2018

Zambia currently hosts 73,000 refugees, asylum seekers

Zambia currently hosts 73,000 refugees and asylum seekers, minister of home affairs Steven Kampyongo has disclosed. And the minister has disclosed that over 10,000 refugees have settled at the new Mantapala refugee resettlement in Kawambwa district. Speaking during the commemoration of the World Refugee Day in Lusaka, Mr. Kampyongo says government will continue providing support to refugees and asylum seekers ...

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Trade Kings Group is eying world market – Subramanian

Trade Kings Group General Manager, Luximinarayanan Subramanian says the company is eying the world market for its products. Mr. Subramanian says the company is looking into distributing its products to various countries with view to penetrate the global market. He has named the countries such as Namibia, Botswana, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda. Mr. has told Journalists in Lusaka after a ...

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409 confirm participation in Zambia International Trade Fair

A total of 409 exhibitors have confirmed participation in this year’s Zambia International Trade Fair as of 14th June. Commerce, trade and industry Minister, Christopher Yaluma says of the 409 exhibitors, 47 are foreign exhibitors while the rest are local participants. Mr. Yaluma has told a media briefing held in Lusaka that of the 47 foreign exhibitors are from the ...

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Two die in accident 5km north of Monze

Two people have died while nine others sustained serious injuries in road accident which happened today,20th June,2018 around 08:00 hours five kilometers north of Monze district. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says the accident involved a Toyota Ragius registration number ALT 475 with 12 people on board reported to be National Democratic Congress (NDC) members which was being driven by Patrick ...

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Investigation into killing of Kitwe small scale miners instituted

Government says an investigation has been instituted aimed at establishing facts into the collapse of a portion of the black mountain leaving at least ten people dead and several others injured. The death toll remains 10 as the search and rescue operation at the site continues. Chief Government Spokesperson, Dora Siliya says the Ministry of Mines will soon issue a ...

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Trump plans to halt migrant separations

US President Donald Trump has promised action to “keep families together” amid fury over separations of undocumented child migrants from adults. “I’ll be signing something in a little while that’s going to do that,” he told reporters at the White House. The Department of Homeland Security has reportedly drafted an executive order to stop the policy, though its wording and ...

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At least 10 dead as black mountain collapses

At least ten small scale miners known as Jerabos have died after the copper slug dump commonly known as Black Mountain in Kitwe collapsed on them this morning as they were carrying out mining activities. Fifty miners were carrying out the mining activities when the portion of the mountain gave in. The number of those dead could rise. Copperbelt Police ...

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US quits ‘biased’ UN human rights council

The US has pulled out of the United Nations Human Rights Council, calling it a “cesspool of political bias”. The “hypocritical and self-serving” body “makes a mockery of human rights”, said US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley. Formed in 2006, the Geneva-based council has been criticised for allowing countries with questionable human rights records to be members. But activists ...

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Michael Jackson musical set for Broadway

A new musical based on the life of Michael Jackson is set for a run on Broadway in 2020. The show, which currently has no title, is being written by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage. The Michael Jackson Estate and Columbia Live Stage company announced the news on Tuesday, but didn’t say which theatre the show will play in. The ...

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