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New Netflix Film Titled “CAN YOU SEE US” set to be released on Sunday, 27th August 2023

Adewale A. — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 22:17:48 +0000

Can They See Us? is a suspenseful film based on a true event about a young boy named Joseph who has albinism. It emphasises the various difficulties he encounters as he grows older and how music and love help him to cope with them. It is a tale of variety and self-discovery that is both [...]

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Zambia: President Lungu, Hichilema Meet After Opposition Leader’s Victory

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:00:48 +0000

Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu and President-elect Hakainde Hichilema met on Monday, hours after the opposition leader won the presidential election. Once the Electoral Commission Chairman, Esau Chulu declared Hichilema winner, supporters across the nation went into a frenzy. The forthcoming inauguration would be the third time power has shifted from a ruling party to an [...]

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Zambia Election: Opposition Leader Hichilema Defeats President Lungu

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 16 Aug 2021 21:00:54 +0000

Zambia opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema has won the presidential election by a landslide. The Electoral Commission released the results on Monday at the capital Lusaka. Hichilema got 2,810,777 votes against President Edgar Lungu 1,814,201, with all but one of the 156 constituencies counted. “I, therefore, declare Hichilema to be President of Zambia”, Esau Chulu, the [...]

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Zambian President, Edgar Lungu To Seek Re-election In August Vote

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 10 May 2021 09:00:40 +0000

Zambia’s ruling party on Saturday officially adopted President Edgar Lungu as its candidate in this year’s general elections. The Patriotic Front (PF) confirmed Lungu at a ceremony held at the Mulungushi International Conference Center in Lusaka, the country’s capital, by presenting him with a certificate of adoption as flagbearer for president. The vote is scheduled [...]

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Boyfriend Kills Girlfriend and Commits Suicide after a Breakup

Abiodun A. — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:25:28 +0000

A livid 29-year-old boyfriend has taken his life moments after killing his girlfriend for abruptly ending their relationship. The jealous boyfriend, Kaluwayo Mwika could not withstand losing his girlfriend to another man, hence he gruesomely murdered her. The young lady, Mapalo Masiku, 21, was laid to rest on Wednesday, December 16, in Luanshya, Copperbelt Province, [...]

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Zambia’s Presidential Election Set To Hold In August 2016

Kunle Atiba — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 11:32:03 +0000

Zambia will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on August 11 under a new constitution, a government spokesman has said. President Edgar Lungu’s is expected to assent to the constitutional amendments on Tuesday, ratifying the election date, his spokesman Amos Chanda said on Monday. “The new constitution has a fixed election date and that will take [...]

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Zambia’s President seeks God’s help as Currency Freefalls

AMA — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 11:25:42 +0000

Zambia leader Edgar Lungu has turned to God in a bid to stop the freefall of his country’s ailing currency, with bars shut and football matches cancelled on a national day of prayer to end a record slump. Lungu ordered the prayer session last month after the kwacha fell 45 percent against the dollar since [...]

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Zambian minister sounds alarm over crumbling Kariba Dam

Ade Adewale — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:29:02 +0000

A Zambian minister on Monday sounded the alarm over the condition of the Kariba Dam as he appealed for hundreds of millions of dollars to pay for urgent repairs. The hydro-electric dam's wall, which is 128 metres (420 feet) high, must to be repaired…

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