Government says dimensional poverty which currently stands at 82% in Eastern province is a significant contributor to the high numbers of child marriages and pregnancies in the region. Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Buleti Nsemukila states that the province is the highest hit by dimensional poverty in the Country thereby compromising…
A 45-year-old man of Kakokota Village in Shiwang’andu District of Muchinga Provincehas allegedly been stabbed to death. Muchinga Province Police Commissioner Joe Njase who has confirmed the incident in Chinsali today has named the deceased villager as Gastone Mwila who was allegedly stabbed to death by Edward Chisanga of the…
A 12 year-old boy of Senior Chief Nsefu’s area in Mambwe district of Eastern Province has died after being trampled on by an elephant. Eastern Province Deputy Commissioner of Police, Geoffrey Kunda has confirmed the development and has identified the deceased as Evan Njovu of Mpamba village. Mr Kunda says…
The Non – governmental Gender Organization Coordinating Council NGOCC is deeply saddened by the reported incident in Luwingu where a father defiled his own three days old daughter, leading to her death. NGOCC Executive Director Engwase Mwale says the news coming on the day the world commemorated Father’s Day, has…
Sikongo District Commissioner Bright Tombi has counselled women in the district to only bear a number of children that they can support. The DC says it is absolutely unfair for women and their partners to introduce innocent lives in this world and subject them to harsh realities of poverty. Speaking…
The Ministry of Transport and Communications has assured that the Zambia Airways will commence flights soon with progressive renovation and construction projects underway. Ministry Permanent Secretary Mishek Lungu has observed that the airways will commence flights on regional and domestic levels then progress to flying world over respectively. Speaking during…