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RB congratulates Mazombwe

President Rupiah Banda says government has always appreciated the advice of newly appointed Catholic Cardinal Merdado Mazombwe.  President Banda said this in his congratulatory message to Mazombwe  on his appointment as Cardinal. Banda commended the ‘resilience and consistency of Cardinal Mazombwe who was first ordained a priest in September 1960 after which he was appointed Bishop [...]

Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday extended their  greetings to Zambian President Rupiah Bwezani Banda on the occasion of his country’s independence day. In a message on the eve of the day, President Zillur Rahman expressed his confidence that the existing bond of friendship between the two countries would be [...]

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Two protestors are feared dead when police opened fire on a crowd in Mongu, Western Province. A previously unknown group calling itself the Barotse Freedom Movement (BFM) organized the protest to raise awareness about the need to restore the 1964 Barotse Agreement. Police immediately moved in as protestors gathered in the morning for the protest [...]

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The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested a former clerk at a local commercial bank for stealing K20 million from the Bank’s client account. According to DEC spokesperson John Nyawali, Gift Nanyangwe Chilangwa, 46, fraudulently transferred the money into a savings account for one of the bank’s customers and later withdrew it by forging the personal [...]

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