View Larger Image Escalating violence, daunting logistical challenges and insufficient funding have prompted the United Nations food relief agency to broaden its emergency operation in the war-ravaged Kasai region in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). To prevent famine in the Kasai region, the World Food Programme (WFP) is stepping-up cash distributions to the most vulnerable, and specialist support to check acute malnutrition in women and young children. “The nutrition and cash programmes are life-saving, and must quickly expand,” Claude Jibidar, WFP’s Representative in DRC, said Friday. Since last week’s cash initiative launch – a cost-efficient alternative to in-kind support...

By Derrick Sinjela Non-Governmental Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) Executive Director Executive Director Engwase B. Mwale has congratulated Patriotic Front (PF) Lusaka Central Member of Parliament (MP) Margaret Mh’ango Mwanakatwe on her appoint as Zambia’s Second Female Finance Minister. Stepping into shoes previously worn by former First Female Minister of Finance, Ms. Edith Zewelani Nawakwi, currently serving as Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) President, Ms. Mwale said NGOCC saw Ms. Ms. Mwanakatwe’s appointment as providing an opportunity for women to showcase their unique leadership skills capable of propelling Zambia to greater heights. In a Media Statement circulated by NGOCC Advocacy...

By Kasebamashila Kaseba “Mulenga could not stand as a President of Zambia because his biological mother is from Malawi. When Sata senior arrived back from England in 1966, he met a Malawian immigrant Margaret Nyamanda in 1967 and they got married and later had children that included Mulenga. Given that Margaret was born in Malawi and only arrived in Zambia after 1964, her children cannot be eligible to stand as president of Zambia under the current constitution.” (TOZ) IN FULL Editorial: “As we draw closer to the D-Day-August 11, there will be wars and rumours of wars just like the...