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Money market liquidity tightens for second consecutive week

Money market liquidity conditions tightened for the second straight week, with current account balances at commercial banks falling by 7.9 percent to a ...

By Bumba MulengaJanuary 21, 20250

Economy

‘Big fallacy,’ Govt not extending tax holidays or favorable taxes to foreign investors, Finance minister, Musokotwane

Finance and National Planning Minister, Situmbeko Musokotwane, has denied claims that Zambia offers tax holidays or favourable tax regimes to foreign investors, dismissing ...

By Bumba MulengaJanuary 21, 20250

Economy

More stakeholders push for removal of 15% export duty on emeralds

Calls for the removal of the recently reinstated 15 percent export duty on emeralds have intensified, with stakeholders urging the government to reconsider ...

By Bumba MulengaJanuary 20, 20250

Economy

Farmers call for permanent solution to armyworm infestation in Zambia

The Small-Scale Farmers Development Agency (SAFADA) has called on the government to find a permanent solution to the recurring armyworm infestation that continues ...

By Bumba MulengaJanuary 20, 20250

International

At least 86 reportedly dead, 55 injured in Nigerian gasoline tanker explosion

Nigeria — The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country’s emergency response agency said ...

By Bumba MulengaJanuary 20, 20250

International

Bishop describes horror of South Africa mine rescue operation, as 78 miners confirmed dead

A South African bishop has shared a chilling account of the rescue operation at an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, where the bodies ...

By Bumba MulengaJanuary 20, 20250

Metro

UN special rapporteur, Khan, to assess freedom of expression, safety of journalists in Zambia

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has announced a country visit to Zambia to assess issues related to freedom of opinion and ...

By Bumba MulengaJanuary 19, 20250

International

Ex-Mozambican minister, Chang, jailed in US over $2 billion tuna bonds scandal

A former Mozambique Finance Minister, Manuel Chang, was sentenced on Friday to 8-1/2 years in prison after being found guilty of participating in ...

By Bumba MulengaJanuary 19, 20250

International

Ethnic attacks, hate speech surging in Sudan, UN rights office says

GENEVA — A United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, warned on Friday that Sudanese civilians were in greater peril than ...

By Bumba MulengaJanuary 18, 20250

Economy

Energy enthusiast urges strategic action to address Zambia’s power crisis

An energy enthusiast, Bornface Zulu, has called on the Zambian government to implement strategic measures to tackle the country’s ongoing energy crisis in ...

By Bumba MulengaJanuary 18, 20250

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