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By An Observer. …………………………………………………………………….. The resurgence of the Zambian economy has seen a plethora of all manner and sorts of foreign investors, businessmen, some genuine, some wannabes and some just outright world renounced crooks masquerading as industrialists waiting for a chance for a sip from the copper chalice. The government is therefore implored to be weary and place water -tight due diligence and vetting processes which will weed out those who wish to plunder, make a quick buck and flee leaving the ordinary citizens who are the true owners of the wealth wallowing in abject poverty and helplessness. Copper mining...

Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom Director General, and Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy gave a green light to the pouring of the “first concrete” for the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 during the ceremony held to commemorate this historic event. Dr. Amged El-Wakeel, Board Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority of Egypt (NPPA), the owner and future operator of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, awarded honorary plaques commemorating the first concrete pouring to His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Shaker, Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy, Major-General Khaled Shoeib, the Governor of Matrouh, where the project is...

ON LIFE, OATHS and LIBERTY [The Undying Case of Frederick Douglas and All Our Forefathers] _________________ https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0dz5oySPyBdBJTBsYuasXuf7S7kjP62U9NuZdBQdrMgFgt1rqFcRrTxSSCr2957zyl&id=100064778046109 We were here. We are here. And we will remain here. Our spirit never dies. We are the warriors of Light. We are the guardians of the Earth. Our spirit is larger than any one individual, by far. Today, our sixth Republican President His Excellency Dr Edgar Chagwa LUNGU, guiding the nation, and all humanity, said: ‘Let me tell you that the essence of life is STRUGGLE. When you stop struggling, you are gone So even in opposition [when oppressed and downtrodden], we...

FEIRA Constituency Patriotic Front (PF) Member of Parliament Emmanuel Tembo has resolved to stage a lone protest at State House and Community House over what he terms a scourge of human-animal conflict in Luangwa district of Lusaka Province, our Correspondent writes. Mr Tembo whose one-man protects have been scheduled for July 19-20, 2022 respectively, wants to get the attention of President Hakainde Hichilema to intervene in the ongoing human-animal conflict in Luangwa district “Many efforts have been made to get the Department of National Parks and Wildlife to control the situation but to no avail. The department [seemingly] does not...

The Royal court of Senior chief Nsefu of the Kunda people of Mambwe in Eastern Province has set August 20th as the date for the Malaila Traditional ceremony. The Royal establishment has also announced this year for golden jubilee celebrations to mark the assention of chief Malama Chikunto to the throne. Malambo Cultural and Development Association (MCDA) mobilization Committee chairperson Davis Mataka said in Lusaka that the Malaila Ceremony which has not been held for the past two years due to Covid pandemic fears and ministry of Health restriction guidelines will take place at Lubaneni in Mfuwe. Mr. Mataka said...

AFRICANS Rising, a Pan-African movement anchored on the promotion of justice, peace and dignity says the continent is heavily endowed with resources contrary to its high poverty levels being experienced, reports Francis Lungu. Africans Rising movement is currently mobilising and creating awareness of it’s existence and objectives across the six continental regions ahead of the 2022 All African Movement Assembly (AAMA) to be held in Arusha, Tanzania this August. For southern African the hybrid regional convening has been held today at the University of Zambia main campus in Lusaka. Speaking at the convening, Africans Rising co-coordinator Muhammed Lamin Saidykhan said...

  On June 29, 2022, the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) issued a permit for the construction of the El-Dabaa NPP Unit 1. “Today, we were granted the permit to build the first unit of the first Egyptian nuclear power plant. Today, we etched in gold Egypt joining the ranks of countries building nuclear power plants after over 70 years waiting for this dream to come true,” said Dr. Amged El-Wakeel, Board Chairman of Nuclear Power Plants Authority of Egypt. This permit, along with excavation works at site, is a prerequisite for the start of the main stage...

On June 16, on the sidelines of the XXV St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, the Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Rosatom signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement was signed by the Russian Minister for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic Alexey Chekunkov and Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev. The parties agreed on the indicative terms of a concession agreement for the creation of a small nuclear power plant with a RITM-200N reactor in Yakutia and on a roadmap for joint activities necessary for the conclusion of the concession agreement on the project. The construction of the power...