The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit -DMMU- it is supporting 2.3 million people who were affected by drought during the 2018-2019 season and currently expected to provide relief support to approximately 1.4 million people mostly affected by floods.DMMU National Coordinator Chanda Kabwe says a good harvest entails that the country will have enough food and…

Southern Province Minister Edify Hamukale has called for more financial and material support for boarding schools in the province.Dr Hamukale says the province has the highest number of boarding schools in the country hence the need to consider increasing funding for such schools as they re-open in the wake of the COVID-19.The Minister says the…

The Ministry of General Education has assured teachers in Northern Province that it will engage strategic partners like Zambia Air Force and Zambia Army to distribute examination papers if need arises.General Education Minister David Mabumba says this is because the examinations will be held during the rain season.Mr Mabumba says teachers in rural areas should…

About 400 people have escaped from a coronavirus quarantine centre in Malawi’s second largest city, Blantyre, after complaining about its poor state.Local media has reported that the escapees were quarantined on arrival from South Africa and were yet to be tested for coronavirus.They had complained that the stadium, which was turned into a quarantine centre,…

(BBC)Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has revealed how his son violated a government dusk-to-dawn curfew order issued to prevent the spread of coronavirus.He said one of his two sons, whom he did not identify, recently went out to party at night in the coastal city of Mombasa – an epicentre of infections in the country.Social gatherings…

(BBC)US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order targeting social media firms, the White House has said.It comes after he threatened to shut down social media platforms he accused of stifling conservative voices.The latest dispute emerged after Twitter added fact-check links to his tweets for the first time.The order’s details have not been shared…

Minister of Tourism and Arts, Ronald Chitotela has requested the Ministry of Finance to facilitate a rescue package of K10 million for the cultural and creative sector after Covid-19.Mr. Chitotela said this during a presentation to the Virtual Forum of the African Union Ministers Responsible for Arts Culture and Heritage on their Responses to the…