Daily Archives: January 14, 2018

Make peace with Zambian – Msoni tells PF

All Peoples Congress (APC) Leader Nason Msoni has advised the PF Administration to make peace with Zambians alleging that people are agitated because of bad leadership. Mr. Msoni says the PF Government has a lot of work to do as most people are frustrated with the current leadership. Mr. Msoni states that before most people lose confidence in the government, ...

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Visiting Swedish Minister of Education counsels young people

Visiting Swedish Minister of Education Gustav Fridolin has observed the need to protect the population of young people in Africa. The visiting Swedish Minister of Education said this at QFM/QTV in Lusaka during a Tikambe Program that is done by BBC Media Action in partnership with Restless Development funded by the government of Sweden. Mr. Fridolin says the future of ...

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Street vendors to be relocated to gutted Lusaka City Market

Government has announced that all street vendors that operated in the central business district relocate to the gutted city market with effect from Tuesday 16th January 2018 for the next four months. Meanwhile the ministry of health has recorded a drastic reduction in the number of new cholera cases with only 68 cases being recorded in the last 24 hours ...

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Zambia to exhibit at FITUR international tourism fair, in Madrid

Zambia will this Wednesday continue its aggressive marketing campaigns in Europe as they exhibit at the Spanish International Tourism Fair (FITUR) that will be taking place from 17th to 21st January, 2018 in Madrid, Spain. Leading the Zambian delegation, Minister of Tourism and Arts Charles Banda is expected in Madrid tomorrow for various high-level meetings with the new United Nations ...

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Post Newspapers Ltd ceases to exist

The life of The Post Newspaper Limited (in Liquidation) is now terminated and has come to an end and ceases to exist. This follows the High Court judgment on Friday when it officially closed and wound-up for failure to pay its debts as they fell due with no possibility of being rescued of rehabilitated. Post Newspaper Ltd Liquidation Operations Director ...

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Hawaii missile alert: False alarm sparks panic in US state

An incoming missile alert plunged residents of Hawaii into panic on Saturday morning before it was declared a false alarm. Mobile phone users received a message saying: “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.” State Governor David Ige apologised and said it was caused by an employee pressing the wrong button. The US ...

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Real Madrid crisis deepens

Struggling Real Madrid risk falling further behind in La Liga after a cheeky late chip from Pablo Fornals saw Villarreal escape with a 1-0 win on Saturday, their first ever victory at the Santiago Bernabeu. Fornals struck with three minutes left to leave Zinedine Zidane’s wasteful side fourth and a whopping 16 points behind runaway league leaders Barcelona, a deficit ...

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French salmonella baby milk scandal ‘affects 83 countries’

More than 12 million boxes of powdered baby milk in 83 countries have now been recalled because of a salmonella scandal involving French dairy company Lactalis. The firm’s CEO confirmed the extent of the contamination risk to French media. The products have been subject to a recall since December, after salmonella bacteria was discovered at a factory. Lawsuits have been ...

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Tunisia protests: Government announce reforms after unrest

The Tunisian government has announced a wave of social reforms, following days of demonstrations by anti-austerity protesters. Protests broke out ahead of Sunday’s seventh anniversary of the ousting of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. Emergency government meetings were held in response to protests, which have seen more than 800 people arrested. Officials said plans had been submitted to parliament to ...

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