Issued by: Amos Chanda SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT (PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS) STATE HOUSE   LUSAKA, (Saturday, 11th August, 2017) His ExcellencyMr. Edgar ChagwaLungu President of the Republic of Zambia has congratulated Kenya’s President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta following his re-election for a second term, in general elections held on 8th August, 2017.   ‘’Your Excellency and my dear Brother, I wish to extend my heartfelt congratulations on your re-election as President of the Republic of Kenya, said the President.   The President said he is confident that during Mr Kenyatta’s renewed mandate to steer the people of Kenya to higher...

By Via UN News Centre August 16th, 2017|Health, News A ground-breaking global convention on mercury today goes into effect, the United Nations environment wing said, protecting millions of children and infants from possible neurological and health damage. “Governments that are party to the Convention are now legally bound to take a range of measures to protect human health and the environment by addressing mercury throughout its lifecycle,” the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a statement. The Minamata Convention commits Governments to specific measures, which include banning new mercury mines, phasing-out existing ones, regulating artisanal and small-scale gold mining, and reducing emissions and mercury use. Since the...

By Via UN News Centre August 16th, 2017|Hunger and food security, News Food assistance will be provided to food insecure people displaced by conflict in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), says the United Nations food agency. The World Food Programme (WFP) and its partner World Vision have launched an emergency operation to provide food assistance to 42,000 food insecure people who, due to conflict, have fled their villages in the country’s Kasai and Kasai Central provinces. “We launched this emergency response as soon as funds became available,” said Claude Jibidar, WFP Representative and Country Director in DRC, in a...