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HWPL Hosts ‘HWPL Peace Education Development Forum in Africa’

  On February 6th, Heavenly Culture World Peace, Restoration of Light(HWPL) hosted a HWPL Peace Education Development Forum in Africa. 500 people from 24 countries in the sectors of African national education ministries, UNESCO national committee, MOU-signed schools and organizations participated to discuss ‘the Roles and Cooperation of Educations in the Post-COVID-19 Era.’     THE HOST organization, HWPL, is promoting international projects in 25 countries to develop long-term peacebuilding in Africa based on the its initiative ‘Spreading a Culture of Peace’ also proposed by the United Nations resolution.   The forum highlighted the necessity of developing and applying a...

CTPD Senior Researcher-Legal Chileshe Mange explains ‘Legal implications’ on Zambia of the Eurobond default

CTPD Senior Researcher-Legal Chileshe Mange explains ‘Legal implications’ on Zambia of the Eurobond default By Derrick Sinjela CENTRE for Trade Policy and Development CTPD Senior Researcher-Legal Chileshe Mange is worried following Government failure to honour another coupon payment due under one of the Eurobonds. In a Sunday 7th February 2021 Press Statement circulated by CTPD Information and Communications Specialist Ms. Mwaka Nyimbili, Ms. Mange’s worry arose a week or seven days Ministry of Finance confirmed on Sunday 31st January 2021 that Zambia had actually failed to honour a US$56.1m coupon payment that was due on Saturday 30th January 2021 on...

New deadline for “Atoms Empowering Africa” Online Video Competition announced

New deadline for “Atoms Empowering Africa” Online Video Competition announced By popular demand, Rosatom moved the deadline for the 6th annual competition of online videos to February 15. The participants from the age of 18 to 35 residing in African countries are encouraged to post their videos on Facebook, following the formal guidelines set out below and submit their applications to the email atomsforafrica@rosatom.com or by the link to online submission form https://tinyurl.com/RosatomAfrica. The top three winning videos will be selected by an independent expert panel observing various criteria including original content and creativity, overall quality of the video and...

BUSA hosts Tuesday 2nd February 2021 Barbara Banda Foundation launch

By Ashton Kelly Bunda and Derrick Sinjela ZAMBIA National Female Team – Shepolopolo Captain Barbara Banda happily paraphrased both John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Junior insisting that it is better to share blessings and make others prosper as she launched the Barbara Banda Foundation (BBF) in Lusaka densely populated Bauleni Township. Speaking at an event at Bauleni United Sports Academy (BUSA) preceded by some rain as a sign of good tidings, Barbara Banda Foundation proprietor in quoting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. noted that life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ Currently...

NCP’s Peter Chanda opposes Hakainde Hichilema’s dialogue talk

By Francis Maingaila and Derrick Sinjela New Congress Party (NCP) leader Pastor Peter Chanda is opposing a call by United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema urging citizens to back a church led dialogue to resolve teething political and electoral challenges confronting Zambia. During a Sunday 31st January 2021 Morning Media Briefing, Pastor Chanda equally opposed effort to review the Public Order Act (POA) stressing that it is politically wrong to blame success governments for the controversial piece of legislation. Discussing a call for dialogue as proposed in a letter Hichilema wrote to three Church Mother bodies; the...

Zambia in dire need of a Mineral Asset Valuation Code to prevent Overpricing or Under-pricing of Mining Assets

By Derrick Sinjela CENTRE for Trade and Policy Development (CTPD) Senior Researcher (Extractives) Webby Banda says mining valuation defined as the placement of a currency value on a mining asset. Continues being the answer to the million kwacha question of “what is the value of the mine” or “what is the mine worth?” Consequently, in a Sunday 31st January 2021 Press Statement circulated by Information and Communications Specialist Ms. Mwaka Nyimbili, Mr. Banda explained that mine valuation has to encapsulate the value of surface and sub-surface infrastructure. In the recent past, Banda recollected that several jurisdictions had developed professional codes...

2016 low female leaders worries ZARD’S Redges Mubiana  …adoption structures seek sexual favours

By Ashton Kelly Bunda, Francis Mwiinga Maingaila and Derrick Sinjela ZAMBIA Association of Research and Development (ZARD) Board Secretary Redges Mubiana has regretted the low participation of women in the 2016 presidential, parliamentary and local government elections. Ms. Mubiana told journalists at a consultative meeting at Abundant Life Church on Roan Road, in Lusaka’s plush Kabulonga suburb attributed the low participation of media houses to insufficient information made available to newspapers, online publications, and radio and television channels. Franked by ZARD Treasurer Joseph Daka and Programmes Manager, Febby Maambo,  Ms. Mubiana cited lack of a legal frame work supporting women as...

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Africa50, Foreign Policy launch infrastructure-focused podcast series

By Nana Boakye-Yiadom, Africa50 Senior Communications Coordinator +212 666 166 308; n.boakyeyiadom@Africa50.com www.africa50.com. Casablanca, Wednesday 27 January 2021 Africa50, in partnership with US based Foreign Policy magazine, has launched an exciting new podcast series called Africa Forward. Africa Forward tells the largely untold story of how infrastructure is transforming the lives of people in Africa. The four-part series, which begun on Tuesday 26 January 2021, brings major African infrastructure projects to life. It highlights the Benban Solar Park in Egypt, a solar park so massive that it can be seen from outer space and showcases how cross-border projects such as...

United States Commits ZMW 525 Million ($25 Million) to Reduce Deforestation in Zambia

By Sean McIntosh Public Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy Zambia Press Office Embassy of the United States of America LUSAKA, ZAMBIA Phone: 021357000 ZambiaPress@state.gov NR/1260/01/27/2021 Wednesday January 27, 2021 The United States and Zambia Partnering Together ZAMBIA’S forests are home to abundant wildlife and serve as a natural defense against climate change.  Due to the illegal production of charcoal, however, the nation’s forests are facing unprecedented stress and are rapidly shrinking. Under the newly awarded Alternatives to Charcoal project provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government will work with the local private sector companies and the...

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