Category: Sustainable Development

  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...

Hichilema Recommends Sustainable And Smart Climate Agriculture ….For avoidance of doubt PELUM advises government to back this pronouncement with a policy and legal framework to protect indigenous seed for clean and health food By Francis Maingaila Lusaka – 25 -05- 2022 – (Zambia24) – President Hakainde Hichilema has recommended the practice of sustainable and smart climate agriculture as a way of mitigating the impact of climate change on food and nutrition security in the country. Speaking on Tuesday night when he addressed the nation on the eve of African Freedom Day, President Hichilema said food security is vital for the...

https://www.facebook.com/1065490466/posts/10226073969730190/?flite=scwspnss Yanga Organic Farm to plant 10, avocado 🥑 trees🌲 by December 2022, brags Citizen Journalist Saeed Simon Banda By DERRICK SINJELA Borrowing a cue from the 25th May, 2022 African Freedom Day theme: “Leveraging National Resources For Food Security,” Yanga Organic Farm (YOF) initiator Saeed Simon Banda is plotting to plant 10, Avocado Trees in Chisamba District, Central Province and Chongwe District, Lusaka Province. Encouraged by a position taken by Zambia’s Seventh Republican President Mr. Hakainde Hichilema’s New Dawn Administration’s diversification agenda, Banda, a Citizen Journalist believes investment in organic farming is not just healthy but a surest means...

OFFICE OF THE 6th REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, HIS EXCELLENCY EDGAR CHAGWA LUNGU Tuesday 7th June, 2022 The office of the Sixth Republican President, His Excellency Dr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu is dismayed with continued attempts to put his name in disrepute by use of false and alarming statements attributed to him in the media. This is in response to a recent post trending on social media platforms, suggesting that Dr. Lungu is contemplating making a return to active politics. However, the former Head of State has requested well meaning Zambians to be critical of every statement alleged to have been issued by...

  By Dr Canisius BANDA PILGRIM Wednesday, 1st June 2022 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Hakainde HICHILEMA [The Case of Wine and Time] __________________ This is June, my man. The month of your birth, mine too. On the 4th it is your day. On this day, spare a fond thought for Violet, your mother. On this day, her day, give her a call of gratitude. Mothers survive mankind, remember that. I sincerely wish you a happy birthday, my friend. I hope that, like wine, you are getting better with age. Better. Wiser. I know that you are a good man. Miyanda, your daughter,...