[PR Newswire] London -Ahead of International Women's Day on 8th March, British High Commissioner Fergus Cochrane-Dyet hosted an event at the Residence. He said:
Posts published in March 2017
[Sascoc] Amajita head coach Thabo Senong believes his side will go on to the field as underdogs when they face hosts Zambia in the first semi-final of the CAF U20 Africa Cup of Nations in Lusaka on Wednesday.
[Zambia Reports] Opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has blamed President Edgar Lungu and the ruling party over the stampede that has led to eight deaths at the Olympic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka.
[Deutsche Welle] Some 35,000 people turned up to the event organized by a church group in Lusaka. Droughts across southern Africa have caused a sharp uptick in food prices in a nation where poverty is already rampant.
[Al Jazeera] At least eight people were killed in a stampede as thousands of Zambians, who have been affected by a humanitarian crisis caused by a prolonged and severe drought in southern Africa, scrambled for food handouts, police said.
[Zambia Reports] 3 games. 3 goals. And today [Saturday], 3 goals, all in the second half, to be specific. Zambia with another epic performance, and this time, I was blessed with the opportunity of witnessing it live. It was electric, the atmosphere was...
[Times of Zambia] A SIXTY-YEAR-OLD man has allegedly electrocuted his wife aged 40 in Kasempa of North-Western Province.
[Times of Zambia] STATE House has expressed disappointment that United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema has continued to cast Zambia negatively to the international community.
[Times of Zambia] THE Zambian Government and a France-based firm, Neoen S.A.S, the preferred bidder under the Scaling-Up Solar Project, have completed negotiations on taxation, land provision and equity financing.
[Times of Zambia] THREE companies have been awarded prospecting rights for limestone in Nyimba District of Eastern province.
[Times of Zambia] THE plague of Child marriages and teenage pregnancies continue to deprive young girls of their childhood, and the potential to become drivers of Zambia's development.
[Times of Zambia] ZAMBIA has experienced a number of climatic hazards and extreme events that represent significant departures from the average state of climate system.
[Focac] Residents of Chipata town in eastern Zambia have hailed the solar-powered milling plants installed in the area for availing cheaper mealie-meal and providing jobs for locals.
[Daily Maverick] Despite the claims of those who said growth in Zambia was the result of better governance, the problem now is precisely that it wasn't. To the contrary, the country is now among the most unequal countries in the world. Today the top 10...
[Monitor] The first Ugandan to head Standard Chartered Bank, also the second largest bank in Uganda, Mr Herman Kasekende, will be moving to Zambia as chief executive officer (CEO). He will, at the end of this month, be relinquishing his position as CEO...