The World Bank has given the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) US$1.4 million for the establishment of a multi hazard National Emergency Operations Centre. DMMU National Coordinator Chanda Kabwe disclosed that the money was made available to Zambia owing to the appeal made by the Head of State in the work of fighting the…
The African Union is calling on creditor nations and multilateral institutions to suspend interest payments for Africa on its external public and private debt. Leaders from South Africa, Egypt, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya and Mali representing the Bureau of Heads of States are advancing the call for interest payments write off. This is…
The Kitwe Magistrates Court has convicted a former Investigator at Mopani Copper Mines for corrupt practices involving soliciting for a bribe. Kitwe Magistrate Hon. Dominic Lesa found Bupe Kayola, 42, currently residing in Libala South, Lusaka, guilty on one Count of corrupt transactions contrary to section 20(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act No.3 of 2012 of…
Chief government spokesperson Dora Siliya has said a complete lockdown in Zambia cannot work because people will not survive. She has also disclosed that the government is talking to the private sector to consider waiving rentals from business houses that have had to close down during the COVID-19 outbreak. Ms. Siliya, the Information and Broadcasting…
( hasBBC)-France reported 833 new coronavirus deaths in the past day, the highest daily toll since its outbreak began.The total number of people who have died after testing positive for Covid-19 now stands at 8,911, while the number of infections is 98,010.“We have not reached the end of the end of the ascent of this…
(BBC)-Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in hospital after his coronavirus symptoms “worsened”, Downing Street has said.A spokesman said he was moved on the advice of his medical team and was receiving “excellent care”.Mr Johnson has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise “where necessary”, the spokesman added.The prime minister, 55,…
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has condemned as “racist” the comments by two French doctors who suggested a vaccine for the coronavirus could be tested in Africa.“Africa can’t and won’t be a testing ground for any vaccine,” said Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.The doctors’ remarks during a TV debate sparked outrage,…
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