The Zambia Tourism Agency (ZTA) says the African Union summit of heads of state and government to be hosted by Zambia in July this year is a golden opportunity for the country to be put on the world map as a tourist destination because all eyes will be on Zambia. ZTA acting Chief Executive Officer,  Chavunga Lungu says Zambia is ...

Thirteen (13) heads of state and government are expected to attend the 4th African Union Mid-Year Coordinating meeting to be held in Lusaka from 14th to 17th July, 2022. Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Stanley Kakubo says a further 800 dignitaries are expected to participate in the mid-year summit.  Speaking when he officiated at the Private Sector breakfast meeting for ...

Former Zambia’s Ambassador to Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union,Emmanuel Mwamba has written to Minister of Defense Ambrose Lufumu demanding the publication of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) governing the establishment of the security office of cooperation of the US AFRICOM. Mr Mwamba has also written to the US Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy in ...

Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo has announced that government will tomorrow,14th May,2022 launch a ten day nation-wide Covid-19 vaccination campaign to boost vaccination levels. Addressing a media briefing in Lusaka today, Ms Masebo says the campaign which will be flagged-off by Vice President Mutale Nalumango in Solwezi is aimed at boosting vaccination levels of all eligible persons to at least ...

President Hakainde Hichilema has directed Local Authorities in the country to improve service delivery. ZANIS Ndola reports that the President said this shortly after arrival at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola. President Hichilema said government has restored sanity to the councils by allowing them to collect levies from bus stations and markets unlike in the past.  The President who is ...

Ministry of tourism has dismissed a video circulating on social media suggesting that one of the stray lions in Kafue has been killed. Speaking in a telephone interview with Q-news, Ministry of tourism public relations officer, Sakabilo Kalembwe says wildlife and ZAF officers are still on the ground looking for the stray lions. Mr. Kalembwe has since advised residents of Kafue ...

Minister of community development and social services Doreen Mwamba says government put in place deliberate efforts to accelerate the inclusion of persons with disabilities in national development. Speaking when she received a disability report from Good will ambassador of persons living with disabilities Elijah Ngwale, Ms Mwamba says this is evident from the from the appointment of a number of ...

Government has urged the Zambia Institute of Human Resource Management to penalize any person practicing human resource management without complying with the human resource standards. Speaking during a breakfast meeting organized by the Zambia Institute of Human Resource Management in Lusaka today, Minister Labour and Social Security, Brenda Tambatamba says there is need to set the standard and best practices required ...

The MISA Zambia is dismayed by the derogatory remarks made by a social media user regards female journalists in Zambia in relation to their pay. In a statement, MISA Zambia chairperson Fr.Dr Barnabas Simatende says the remarks are not only in bad taste, but an insult to the journalism fraternity and the women of Zambia at large. Fr Simatende notes ...

Government has called for foreign investment in the one hundred thousand hectares farm blocks across the country to promote economic diversification.  Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Stanley Kakubo made the call during the Annual Ministerial Briefing of the Diplomatic Corps in Lusaka today. Mr. Kakubo says the new dawn Government remains committed to strengthening interaction and partnership with ...