Category: Gender & health

ZAMBIA’S ZOWA NGWIRA TO STAR IN NETFLIX ANIMATED SERIES

  Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya   By Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya Zambia’s burgeoning entertainment industry has hit a major milestone with Zambian actress Zowa Ngwira securing a prominent role in the highly anticipated Netflix teens animated series – Supa Team 4. Created by Zambian writer Mulenga Mulendema, the show is a collaboration between South African production company Triggerfish Animation Studios and British company CAKE. The groundbreaking series is set to make history as the first-ever Netflix animated production to be developed in Africa. Supa Team 4 takes viewers on a thrilling adventure in the neo-futuristic city of Lusaka, Zambia, where four talented...

Govt on track to increase access to electricity-energy expert Johnstone Chikwanda

*Govt on track to increase access to electricity-energy expert* The energy sector is in safe pair of hands going by increased Constituency Development Fund (CDF) by the new dawn government which has a component of rolling out electricity connectivity to rural areas, reports *Francis Lungu.* An internationally renowned energy expert, Johnstone Chikwanda has observed that the upsurge in the annual CDF allocation from the distant K1.6million by the previous government to now unprecedented K28.3million per constituency, will add impetus in increasing access to electricity Dr. Chikwanda shares that the United Party for National Development (UPND) has come through to increase...

Xi Story: Thick love encased in thin envelopes from overseas Chinese

Xi Story: Thick love encased in thin envelopes from overseas Chinese Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-05-09 22:40:15 BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) — “A letter from family worth ten thousand in silver.” This line from ancient poet Du Fu (712-770) reflects the deep emotions that the Chinese people have for their family and homeland. More than a century ago, when emails and WeChat did not exist, overseas Chinese had to find ways to send messages back home. “Qiaopi”, a unique form of mail that serves as both a letter and a remittance, emerged and exhibited overseas Chinese’s love for their family...

Xi Focus-Closeup: Preserving “world-class treasure” of Xi’an ancient city wall Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-05-11 16:28:16 This aerial photo taken on Feb. 26, 2023 shows people watching a lantern show at the south part of the ancient city wall in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua/Shao Rui) XI’AN, May 11 (Xinhua) — At the heart of northwest China’s Xi’an, a city with over 3,100 years of history, stands the country’s largest and best-preserved ancient city wall, which is deemed a “world-class treasure” by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Stretching over 4 km from east to west and some 2.7 km from...

Xi extends condolences over disastrous heavy rains in Rwanda

Xi extends condolences over disastrous heavy rains in Rwanda

Xi extends condolences over disastrous heavy rains in Rwanda Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-05-09 10:00:00 BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday conveyed condolences to Rwandan President Paul Kagame over the disastrous heavy rains in the country. In recent days, strong rainstorms have hit many places in Rwanda, causing heavy casualties and property losses, Xi noted in a message. On behalf of the Chinese government and people, he mourned the dead and extended sincere sympathies to the bereaved families, the injured and the affected people. Xi voiced confidence that Rwanda will surely overcome the difficulties and...

Xi Focus-Closeup: Kazakh man’s enduring gift of love, life touches Xi

Xi Focus-Closeup: Kazakh man’s enduring gift of love, life touches Xi Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-05-09 16:31:15 BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) — In April 2022, Ruslan Tulenov, a young man from Kazakhstan, had the opportunity to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping during the latter’s visit to China’s island province of Hainan. This was not the first time that Ruslan’s name had appeared alongside that of the president. During a speech at Kazakhstan’s Nazarbayev University in 2013, Xi shared Ruslan’s story of donating rare RH-negative blood, also known as “panda blood,” to Chinese patients. At the time, Ruslan was a student...

Xi to chair China-Central Asia Summit

Xi to chair China-Central Asia Summit Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-05-08 10:04:16 BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhua) — The China-Central Asia Summit will be held on May 18 and 19 in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. Chinese President Xi Jinping will chair the summit, foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced here on Monday. At China’s invitation, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan, President Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan, President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan will be attending the summit, Hua said.  ■ Copyright©2000-2023XINHUANET.com All rights reserved.

*NAPSA 20% PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL HAS DEALT A HUGE BLOW ON OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTIES IN ZAMBIA AS UNZA TOAST BALLY IN FIRST OF ITS KIND CELEBRATION AT THE CAMPUS FOR A SITTING PRESIDENT NEVER SEEN BEFORE*.

*NAPSA 20% PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL HAS DEALT A HUGE BLOW ON OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTIES IN ZAMBIA AS UNZA TOAST BALLY IN FIRST OF ITS KIND CELEBRATION AT THE CAMPUS FOR A SITTING PRESIDENT NEVER SEEN BEFORE*. Author: Dr. Edgar Ng’oma Political Analyst/Philosopher. *Without fear or favour* As much as it is the duty of opposition political parties to offer checks and balance to a sitting government in a democratic space to ensure that such a sitting government performs within the constitution, however, although the new dawn government followed all the dictates of the constitution in the initiation of NAPSA 20% partial...

Excitement builds as reservations open for The Neela Boutique Hotel Stone Town   

Excitement builds as reservations open for The Neela Boutique Hotel Stone Town  

Excitement builds as reservations open for The Neela Boutique Hotel Stone Town   The luxurious 14-room hotel in the heart of Zanzibar’s iconic city will welcome its first guests in July, while another The Neela Collection masterpiece is scheduled for 2024   STONE TOWN, 2 May 2023 – A five-star utopia in the heart of Zanzibar’s cultural jewel is opening its doors to the world.   Families, adventurers and business travellers can now reserve the ultimate luxury escape at The Neela Boutique Hotel Stone Town, the first of two new offerings from The Neela Collection in Zanzibar’s historic city and the...

An overview of Xi’s diplomacy in spring 2023

An overview of Xi’s diplomacy in spring 2023 Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-05-03 22:46:15 Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech after receiving the credentials of 70 ambassadors to China at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, April 24, 2023. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu) *China’s diplomacy has been in full swing this spring, particularly after China’s exchanges with the world resumed in an orderly manner following continued optimization of its COVID-19 response and the successful conclusion of its “two sessions.” *Chinese modernization has been a key term in Xi’s meetings with foreign leaders. *On April 26, Xi...

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