AFRICA’S FIRST CHOLERA VACCINE PLANT COMING TO ZAMBIA
The Zambian government has partnered with China’s Jijia International Medical Technology Corporation to establish a vaccine production factory in Zambia with an approximate total investment of 37 million dollars. The…
COURT SETS JUDGEMENT DATE IN LUNGU’S ELIGIBILITY CASE
The Constitutional Court has set December 10, 2024, as the date in which to deliver its judgement in a petition challenging the eligibility of former President Edgar Lungu to contest…
RWANDA STARTS VACCINE TRIALS AGAINST DEADLY MALBURG VIRUS
Rwanda has said it will begin vaccine trials for the fatal Marburg virus, which has already killed at least 12 people in the country – most of them health workers.…
ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS IN US SURGE TO RECORD HIGH – REPORT
Reports of antisemitic incidents in the US have reached a record high since last year’s Hamas attack in Israel, according to a preliminary report from the Anti-Defamation League Center for…
TUNISIA’S PRESIDENT SEEKS NEW TERM WITH ONE CANDIDATE IN JAIL
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied, seen as a saviour by supporters and an autocrat by critics, is running for re-election on Sunday in a vote that he is all but certain…
ZESCO RECOVERS OVER FOUR TONNES OF STOLEN COPPER CABLES
ZESCO Limited in Ndola has successfully recovered over 4,600 kilograms of stolen copper cables, equivalent to more than four tons, from Neelkanth Metals Limited. The recovery was made possible thanks…
ECL FACES K1 MILLION BILL IN CONCOURT AFTERMATH
Former President Edgar Lungu is now facing a one million kwacha legal bill following the dismissal of his application by the Constitutional Court to have three judges recuse themselves in…
ONE MURDERED, ANOTHER INJURED IN LUNDAZI TEACHERS’ DAY HORROR
A violent assault in Lundazi District has resulted in the death of one teacher and left another fighting for her life. The tragic incident occurred on the night of Friday,…
‘NIGHTMARE IS OVER’ – POGBA BAN REDUCED TO 18 MONTHS
Paul Pogba says his “nightmare is over” after a four-year ban for a doping offence was reduced to 18 months following a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for…
SERIAL RAPIST IN SOUTH AFRICA GETS 42 LIFE SENTENCES
A South African serial rapist – who assaulted children as young as nine years old – has received 42 life sentences. Nkosinathi Phakathi was convicted of 90 counts of rape…