ZAMBIA NEWS

A total of 50 cattle have died and over 300 livestock are affected by various animal diseases in Mbabala constituency of southern province. Confirming the development to q news, Mbabala member of parliament Joseph Munsanje says he has in the last 2 weeks received a lot of reports on animal diseases resulting in massive loss of cattle in the constituency. ...

Agriculture Minister, Rueben Mtolo has disclosed that over 37 thousand farmers field in various parts of the country have been affected by floods in the 2021-2022 agricultural season. This translates to a total of 36,640 hectares. Delivering a ministerial statement Mr Mtolo cited luapula, Muchinga, northern, northwestern, southern, Lusaka, Eastern and Copper Belt as provinces which experienced floods. He says maize, ...

Transport and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali is saddened that despite measures government has put in place to curb the scourge of road traffic accidents has increased to 32, 372 in 2021 compared to 28, 484 recorded in 2020 and 30, 648 recorded in 2019. Mr. Tayali has told parliament in a ministerial statement that in the same vein, the number of fatalities increased ...

Police in riot gear has blocked protesting teachers march to statehouse to seek an audience with the head of state over their plight. This comes barely a week after part of the 800 doctors staged a similar protest demanding to be recruited. The Teachers who were on their way to state house along the independence avenue were blocked by the ...

Eighty (80) Zambian nationals have so far been successfully evacuated to the Polish capital Warsaw from Ukraine of the 114 nationals earmarked for evacuation. In a ministerial statement to Parliament on the Zambian nationals in Ukraine, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Corporation Stanley Kakubo says most of those evacuated to Poland so far are students. Mr Kakubo adds that ...

A Consortium of Civil Society Organisations has warned that Zambia is off target and may not achieve the African Union target of halving poverty, ending hunger and reducing child stunting to 10 percent and underweight to 5 percent by 2025.  The Netherlands Development Organization (SNV), Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance and Civil Society for Poverty Reduction have further said ...

Government has revealed that it will table the child code bill before parliament in a bid to, among other measures, effectively address early marriages in the country. Community Development and Social Services minister Doreen Mwamba says the ministry will hopefully during the current session introduce a child’s code bill to deal with earl marriages. Ms. Mwamba says the bill will also help ...

The part of the 800 unemployed doctors in the country have vowed to continue protesting until President Hakainde Hichilema intervenes in their matter. The Doctors who held their second protest this morning are demanding that government must employ them as promised last year. Speaking on before of the protesting Doctors, Wallace Ndumba has expressed disappointment that Health Minister Sylvia Masebo ...

Fifty seven out of 141 stranded Zambian students studying in various institutions in Ukraine have made it to Poland. Foreign affairs and international cooperation minister Stanley Kakubo says a total of 57 students have safely crossed the border from Ukraine into Poland. Mr. Kakubo also says 1 student is safely in Hungary having been directed by his parents to travel ...

President Hakainde Hichilema says he is observing with keen interest the possible ripple effects the conflict between Russia and Ukraine could have on key global commodity prices such as oil and fertilizer. Speaking through his Spokesperson Anthony Bwalya, President Hichilema notes that both oil and fertilizer play such a significant role in positioning the Zambian economy. The President has, therefore, ...