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President Lungu halts Illegal Daily Bar and Nightclub Operations

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January 6, 2021

President Lungu halts Illegal Daily Bar and Nightclub Operations

Wednesday 6th January 202 issued by Isaac Chipampe Special Assistant to the President for (Press and Public Relations) LUSAKA, (Wednesday. 6th January. 2021)— His Excellency, Dr Edgar Chagwa Lungu, says at no time did he announce the daily opening of bars and night clubs and is surprised that owners of outlets have extended days of operation on their own. President Lungu has since asked council authorities to “up their game” and ensure these outlets are only opened from Friday to Sunday as announced last year when he relaxed the guidelines to save business as the Covid-19 number of cases slowed...

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January 6, 2021

Academia joins political fray through Political Science Association of Zambia (PSAZ)

By Francis Mwiinga Maingaila and Derrick Sinjela WITH exactly 218 days before the Thursday 12th August 2012, Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections, academia is increasing its voice through formation of a platform called Political Science Association of Zambia (PSAZ). The Political Science Association of Zambia composed of academician, fellows and professional bodies specialized in research and science, was officially unveiled on Wednesday 6th January 2021 at Cresta Golfview Hotel in Lusaka. PSAZ president Biggie Joe Dambwa (BJD) told journalists during the official launch that their aim is to champion political science literacy on politics and public affairs in Zambia....

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January 6, 2021

Drug Enforcement Commission in Lusaka arrested 7 people; 3 University of Zambia third year students for trafficking 30 grams of cannabis       

PRESS STATEMENT Lusaka, Wednesday 6th January, 2021.  By  Theresa Katongo Public Relations Officer DRUG ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION The Drug Enforcement Commission in Lusaka has arrested Seven (7) people who include three (3) University of Zambia (UNZA) third year students for trafficking in over 30 grams of cannabis contrary to Cap 96 of the Laws of Zambia. The three (3) UNZA students identified as Amadu Bah Mwansa, 22, Siddy Gadjo Mwansa, 22, and Kitonzui Mesala, 24, were found with 12.5 grams of special cannabis and one (1) suspected sachet of heroin. Others arrested include Neyma Camara, 19, Robinson Chibwe, aged 28, Cloud Kabwe, a...

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January 5, 2021

Press Statement dated Thursday 24th December 2020 on the Police Shooting of Unarmed Citizens in Lusaka, Zambia

      PRESS STATEMENT DATED 24TH DECEMBER 2020 ON THE POLICE SHOOTING OF UNARMED CITIZENS IN LUSAKA By Linda Kasonde Executive Director https://www.linkedin.com/in/linda-kasonde-4025a08/ No. 1 of Plot 6941 Suez Road, Cathedral Hill (Next to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross) P.O. Box 51378 Lusaka, Zambia Tel: +260 211 257001 Email: linda.kasonde@cof.org.zm In any functioning democracy, citizens have the constitutional right to freely assemble and associate. We, the undersigned civil society organisations, note that yesterday United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema was summoned for questioning at the Police Service Headquarters. We equally note the heavily armed police presence on the...

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January 5, 2021

Wednesday 23rd December 2020 Council of Churches in Zambia General Secretary Reverend Canon Emmanuel Chikoya Statement on the Alleged Raping of a 17-Year-Old Kamanaga Boy

By Michael Mazakaza (Mr) Communications Officer COUNCIL OF CHURCHES IN ZAMBIA, Stand No. 377A, Ecumenical Centre Bishops Road, Kabulonga P.O. Box 30315, LUSAKA Tel: 260-211-267739; (+260) 977 571535/967420600 www.ccz.org.zm   COUNCIL of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) General Secretary (GS) Reverend Canon Emmanuel Chikoya has received with shock the alleged defilement of a 17 year old boy of Kamanga Township in Lusaka by his female employer of Salama Park in Lusaka where the boy worked from. Reverend Canon Chikoya found it alarming to learn that the husband to the woman in question was part of the abhorrent and illegal act as he...

Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis Lacks Leadership; The U.S. Can Help Fill the Void

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January 5, 2021

Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis Lacks Leadership; The U.S. Can Help Fill the Void

By Jeffrey Smith (bit.ly/3neAyFK) is the Founding Director of Vanguard Africa. Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Vanguard Newspapers.   The Anglophone crisis has registered among the world’s ‘most neglected,’ according to assessments by the Norwegian Refugee Council LAGOS, Nigeria, January 5, 2021/ — Over the last several years, since at least 2016, an inconceivably violent conflict has ravaged the Central African nation of Cameroon. The daily barrage of bloody images posted to social media and the accounts of cruelty and likely war crimes (bit.ly/2Xab15Z) have – at least to date – not been enough to galvanize meaningful or...

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January 5, 2021

Electricity reaches Senior Chief Ntambu and Chief Sailunga’s area’s

By Derrick Sinjela AS Zambia increases access to electricity, the Rural Electrification Authority (REA) Chief Executive Officer Clement Silavwe is delighted that Kasanjiku Mini Hydro Power Station in Mwinilunga District of the North-Western Province is set to benefit over 12,000 people at a cost of US$8.6 million and scheduled for handover in 2021. An elated Mr. Silavwe said in an interview in Lusaka that the Kasanjiku project located on the Kasanjiku River in Mwinilunga District of the North-Western Province will improve the quality of life for beneficiaries at household and community level in both Senior Chief Ntambu and Chief Sailunga’s...

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January 4, 2021

Lying, bullying and bribing people

Fred M’membe President of the Socialist Party Garden Compound, Lusaka January 4, 2021 As we approach August 12 lies will increase from our politicians. As they always do during election periods, attempts will be made to deceive and manipulate our people with mealie-meal, salt, sugar, cooking oil, soap, chitenges, t-shirts and some little amounts of money. This is the way they try to buy votes cheaply. But the Zambian people shouldn’t forget Michael Sata’s great teaching on this score: Don’t Kubeba – take whatever they bring, and even ask them for more, but don’t vote for them! Don’t let them...

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January 1, 2021

PRESS BRIEFING –STATEMENT BY NATIONAL BIOSAFETY AUTHORITY (NBA) COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER SANDRA LOMBE

PRESS BRIEFING DECEMBER 30, 2020 VENUE: ASMARA HOTEL TIME: 08:00 HOURS PRESS BRIEFING –STATEMENT BY NBA COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER SANDRA LOMBE GOOD MORNING, I WELCOME YOU ALL TO THIS BRIEFING. THANK YOU THAT YOU FOUND TIME FROM YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE TO COME. THE NATIONAL BIOSAFETY AUTHORITY (NBA) HAS ENJOYED A CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MEDIA FRATERNITY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE YEAR 2020 HAS HAD ITS OWN CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES AND THE AUTHORITY HAS HAD A SHARE OF ITS FATE WHILE EXECUTING ITS DUTIES. CHALLENGES THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AFFECTED US JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE. THE PANDEMIC...

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January 1, 2021

Statement on President Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s Measures Following the Extra Judicial Killing of Two Citizens

  Issued by: Judith Mulenga CiSCA Chairperson Lusaka, 31 December 2020: The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) considers the measures taken by President Edgar Chagwa Lungu following the Police extra judicial killing of prosecutor Nsama Nsama and UPND supporter, Joseph Kaunda as tokenistic, dismally inadequate and mere window dressing.   On Tuesday, President Lungu announced that he had fired the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations Bonnie Kapeso and his counterpart in charge of Administration Eugene Sibote, and that he had given Inspector General of Police, Kakoma Kanganja a six months’ improvement contract. Dismissing the Inspector General of...

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