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ZAMBIA MOURNS FALLEN PEACEKEEPER, CALLS FOR JUSTICE AFTER MINUSCA PATROL ATTACK IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Zambian Observer
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June 24, 2025
STATEMENT ON THE ATTACK AGAINST ZAMBIAN PEACEKEEPERS SERVING UNDER MINUSCA IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation wishes to express its deepest sympathies over the passing of a Zambian...
Zambia’s Solar Shift: Mailo Solar Power Plant Injects 25MW into the Grid …And toasts successful pre-commissioning tests
Zambian Observer
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June 24, 2025
Zambia’s Solar Shift: Mailo Solar Power Plant Injects 25MW into the Grid …And toasts successful pre-commissioning tests Mailo Solar PV Power Plant located in Mailo Chiefdom in Serenje District has attained a significant milestone by injecting 25...
A lesson in diplomacy, rule of law
Daily Nation
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June 24, 2025
THE ongoing controversy surrounding the burial of former Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has touched a nerve in both Zambia and South Africa. Amid the tension and public debate, South Africa’s handling of the situation deserves appreciation –...
The Lungus were residents of South Africa – SA government
Zambian Observer
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June 24, 2025
23 June 2025 Media Statement The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Ronald Lamola, MP, on Sunday concluded a High-Level Diplomatic Mission to Lusaka, Republic of Zambia, as Presidential Special...
Iran-US conflict won’t affect fuel prices in Zambia – OMCs
News Diggers
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June 24, 2025
OIL Marketing Companies Association of Zambia president Kafula Mubanga says the recent conflict involving the USA, Israel and Iran will not affect fuel prices in the country. The US on Sunday launched an attack against three Iranian nuclear sites....
Government Releases K30 Million Towards Retiree Payments
Lusaka Times
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June 24, 2025
The Zambia Postal Services Corporation (ZAMPOST) wishes to inform the public and all stakeholders that the Government of the Republic of Zambia has released Thirty Million Kwacha (K30,000,000) to facilitate the payment of retirees. This...
Committee To Protect Journalists (cpj) Alarmed By Zambian Bill Proposin
The Nigerian Voice
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By Committee to Protect Journalists Nairobi, June 23, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday expressed alarm at a Zambian bill that could jail journalists who work without a license for up to five years if it were to become law,...
Zambia confirms one peacemaking soldier killed in Central African Republic
Xinhua News Agency
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LUSAKA, June 23 (Xinhua) -- One Zambian soldier was killed and another injured during a peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, a government official said on Monday. Ministry of Defense Permanent Secretary Mambo Hamaundu said the...
GOVERNMENT TO CONSTRUCT ULTRA-MODERN MULTI-SPORTS FACILITY IN LIVINGSTONE
Zambia Reports
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June 23, 2025
The Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts is set to construct an ultra-modern multi-sports facility in Livingstone, following the allocation of a 10-hectare piece of land by the Livingstone City Council. This development was confirmed during a...
Zambian-American writer, Iris Nwanza, launches corruption-themed novel, ‘The Lion’s Den’
Premium Times
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June 23, 2025
Zambian-American author Iris Nwanza launched her debut novel, The Lion’s Den, in Lagos on Saturday. The novel centres on prevailing corruption in the justice system of African countries. It addresses the struggles of Grace, a young female lawyer...
Zambian Peacekeeper Killed in Attack on UN Patrol in Central African Republic
Face of Malawi
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June 23, 2025
Published on June 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM by Evance Kapito 180 words • approx. 1 min read A Zambian peacekeeper serving in the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has died...
Zambian bill proposes jail for unlicensed journalists. CPJ fumes
Premium Times
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June 23, 2025
The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday expressed alarm at a Zambian bill that could jail journalists who work without a license for up to five years if it were to become law, according to a draft reviewed by CPJ. “We are deeply concerned...
Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations (FAO) And International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) Launch Second Phase Of The Africa Phytosanitary Programme
MENAFN
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June 23, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), in collaboration with the Government of South Africa, represented by the Department of Agriculture,...
Zambia: AfDB’s SEFA commits $8 million to Ilute solar project
ESI Africa
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June 23, 2025
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), managed by the African Development Bank (AfDB), has committed to contribute $8 million toward a $26.5 million financing package to support the 32 MWpIlute Solar Project in Zambia. The project, an...
Fact Check: Did President Donald Trump Really Ban Americans From Leaving the Country?
Green Matters
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June 23, 2025
Amid escalating global tensions, travel may be dangerous. Amid dangerously high tensions in certain parts of the world, many throughout the U.S. have wondered if President Donald Trump has banned Americans from leaving the country until further...
Zambian Peacekeeper dies after an attack
Zambia Reports
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June 23, 2025
A Zambian Peacekeeper in the Central African Republic has died after a patrol was attacked along the Birao-Am Dafock axis in Vakaga Prefecture. The attack by unidentified armed people on 20 June 2025 against the United Nations Multidimensional...
Zambia signs infrastructure agreements to boost Lobito Corridor connectivity!
Zambia Reports
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June 23, 2025
The Zambian government has signed Letters of Intent with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Union (EU) to advance critical infrastructure under the Lobito Corridor initiative, a regional transport project aimed at enhancing trade...
Minister Lamola Conveys Condolences In Zambia, Discusses Repose Of Former President Lungu
MENAFN
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June 23, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Ronald Lamola, MP, on Sunday concluded a High-Level Diplomatic Mission to Lusaka, Republic of Zambia, as Presidential Special Envoy....
Burial of Zambia's former president Lungu still hangs in the balance
Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
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The South African government has not granted authority for the burial of Zambia's former president, Edgar Lungu, to be buried in that country. Instead, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sent his Minister of International Relations and...
The death of an African President: Advocate Edgar Lungu!
Bulawayo 24 News
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June 23, 2025
The philosophy of Ubuntu will not allow me to talk about former President Edgar Lungu using outdoor language. Africa is rid of a ruler that destroyed the image of the African continent; we are yet to recover from the mess Lungu left behind. A...