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The United States and Zambia Partnering Together EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LUSAKA, ZAMBIA NR/1260/01/08/2021 CONTACT: Sean McIntosh FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Public Affairs Officer January 8, 2021 Phone: 021357000 Storming of the United States Capitol LUSAKA – The United States Congress has completed its Constitutionally mandated count of the Electoral College vote and affirmed the election of Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and Kamala D. Harris as President and Vice President of the United States. They will be sworn into office and a peaceful transfer of power will occur on January 20, 2021. The criminals who committed violent acts...

By Derrick Sinjela and Ashton Kelly Bunda MINISTRY of Tourism and Arts (MOTA) Permanent Secretary (PS) Auxilia Bupe Ponga and Zambia Postal Services Cooperation  (ZAMPOST) Post Master General (PMG) Brighton Ngoma have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) drafted to promoting domestic tourism. Speaking during a brief meeting Kwacha House on at Lusaka’s Cairo Road on Thursday 7th January 2021, Sister Ponga expressed optimism that the MOU will facilitate enhance ZAMPOST operational performance Operations. On his part, Postmaster General Brighton Ngoma said the collaboration outlined in the domestic tourism promotion partnership is beneficial to both the Ministry of Tourism and...

COVID-19 has to a large extent moved Ghana’s elections campaign from the usual mass rallies and offline canvassing channels to online and traditional media channels. With no clear laws and rules of engagement, Ghana’s electoral management bodies and regulators are left playing catch up as they chase political parties and their candidates and develop monitoring tools to help keep track of negative developments. Generally, social media platform giants, Facebook and twitter have led the way in dealing with what has become the misinformation disinfodemic. Building systems in place to flag or take down harmful content, they have managed to help...