Category: Sustainable Development

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By Senior communications manager: Annemarie Roodbol “The horticultural sector is an awakening giant” Private and public sector working together – this is how the much anticipated, upcoming outdoor agricultural show, Agritech Expo Tanzania, taking place in Arusha from 26-27 January is described by the local agricultural sector in the country. The inaugural farming B2B platform, which already enjoys strong support by the farming community, will not only gather farmers, from commercial to emerging and small scale; but also key officials from regional governments, agro associations, NGOs, aid, development and research agencies; agro dealers, traders and retailers; suppliers, consultants and technical...

By BBC News US President Barack Obama has vowed to take action against Russia for its alleged interference in the US Presidential election campaign. Russia stands accused by the US for hacking into the email of the Democratic Party and a key Hillary Clinton aide, which the Kremlin strongly denies. Meanwhile, Republican President Elect Donald Tramp has also dismissed the claim as ridiculous and politically motivated, prompting a a White House spokesperson linking President Vladimir Putin to cyber-attacks. www.derricksinjela.blogspot.com    

By Fulman Mukobeko Forum for Development and Democracy (FDD) Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza is annoyed with the Zambia Police for ruthlessly dealing with United Party for National Development (UPND) cadres and Journalist at the Lusaka High Court yesterday. Mwanza said in a Facebook posting that he is surprised that when PF thugs brought at standstill when they protested over lack of jobs, police did not move in to teargas them. Mwanza said the PF should be wary to the fact the people react violently when pushed against the wall. Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) president Edwin Sakala put blame on Hichilema for...

By Fulman Mukobeko People’s Party leader Mike Mulongoti says teargasing of innocent UPND cadres yesterday at the Lusaka High Court was very unfortunate but cautioned that it is a beginning of bad days to come. Mulongoti said in an interview that there is a lot of apprehension in the country because most of the people are not happy with the leadership of President Edgar Lungu. Mulongoti who sounded annoyed urged President Lungu to give direction on where the country is going because things are not good for him and the country. And Governance activist Dante Saunders said Zambia is slowly...

By Fulman Mukobeko United Party for National Development(UPND) Secretary General Steven Katuka has described as petty and naïve allegations by the ruling Patriotic Front(PF) that his party is sabotaging operations at Zesco, a power utility firm. Speaking in an interview with Pan African Radio, Katuka said it is unfortunate that the PF want to hide their inability to run the nation in petty lies. Katuka said the persisting power outages is as a result of Zesco’s incompetence, saying his party has nothing to do with power crisis that was experienced in five provinces. The bad blood between the police and...