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Tuesday, 27th September, 2022 Press Release For Immediate Release THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION OF LESBIANS, GAY, BI-SEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER AND INTERSEX (LGBTQI) IN ZAMBIA By Mudford Z. Mwandenga CHAIRPERSON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION The Human Rights Commission (the Commission) has, in the recent few days, received correspondence from various stakeholders expressing fear about the safety of suspected or real members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) community in Zambia. The expression of fear emanates from public statements made against perceived or real LGBTQI individuals following the alleged increased cases of sodomy. The Commission is...

  Tuesday, 27th September, 2022 – Happy World 🌎 Tourism Day, Rodney Malindi Sikumba courts tourists to visit Zambia 🇿🇲  By Rodney M. Sikumba, MP Minister Of Tourism 🇿🇲 “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine Happy World Tourism Day Tuesday, 27th September, 2022 This year’s World Tourism Day is under the theme “Rethinking Tourism. In the words of the UNWTO Secretary – General, Zurab Pololikashvili, at #WorldTourismDay official celebration from Bali: “The most important assets in tourism are its people and the planet. We must ensure the best...

  By Jeff Kapembwa AFRICA must unify in a Pan African manner to overcome the gurgling effects of Climate Change, COVID 19, conflicts amid frightening loses in taxes spurred by Illicit Financial Flows dwarfing the continent’s economic growth, a leading tax think tank has warned.   The threatening shocks buffeting the continent urgently demand quality and determined leadership to respond to shocks across multiple domains through adaptations and built resilience in a concerted manner to alleviate the drivers of such crises to delay their effects on the already fragile and highly indebted economies.   Speaking at a four-day-conference for African...

By Bunda Ashton Kelly (BAK2BAK) WORLD Vision Zambia Director for Advocacy and Communications Wanga Saili says preventable Neo natal complications such as Pneumonia, Diarrhea, Malaria, HIV and AIDS and Malnutrition have continued taking lives of the majority of children under the age of five. Speaking during the launch of the Monday, 30th March, 2015 Zambia Alliance for Maternal Neonatal and Child Health at Radisson Blu Hotel in Lusaka, Ms. Saili emphasized that a great partnership has started following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zambian parliamentarians. An elated Ms  Saili, pointed out that World Vision Zambia stood ready to combine...

                    GOVERNMENT through the Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has signed an Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (IPPA) with United Capital Fertiliser Company Limited, a subsidiary of Wonderful Group of Companies, reports Francis Lungu. The IPPA is intended to achieve two aspect of business investment; firstly it gives an extra layer to an investor that their investment is protected by Government and it also provides incentives such as easing licensing procedures, tax consideration and even immigration issues that ZDA facilitates on behalf of an investor. The United Capital Fertiliser Company Limited committed...