Russian envoy says NATO’s main interest in Libya is oil
“For Russia, NATO’s operation in Libya indicated that the major interests of the alliance now lay not in Europe’s East – where its adversaries the Warsaw Treaty Pact and the Soviet Union used to be – but in oil-rich lands of Northern Africa and the Middle East,” Rogozin said in an email.
Moscow was critical of NATO’s bombing campaign, saying the unrelenting airstrikes overstepped the limited U.N. Security Council that authorized the defense of the civilian population.
President Rupiah Band will Saturday travel to Chongwe District for campaigns and the commissioning of the Chongwe Water Treatment Plant. His spokesperson Dickson Jere explained that President Banda has made provision of safe drinking water one of his key priorities since assuming office in 2008, ‘and tomorrow’s event is testimony of the MMD Government’s commitment [...]
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Business came to a standstill in Itezhi Tezhi district Thursday when United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema visited the area to drum up support for its candidate Monde Monde. And UPND supporters dismantled a camera and recorder for the Watchdog journalist who was covering the event. Hichilema was received by a thunderous [...]
Continue reading …United Progressive Party (UPP) President, Savior Chishimba has charged that those thinking they can remove President Rupiah Banda from power are practicing an exercise in futility as only God can decide who shall emerge victorious in the September 20 polls. Chishimba, who is also a former Patriotic Front (PF) Member of Parliament (MP) for Kasama [...]
Continue reading …PF leader Michael Sata says Zambians are distressed people under the leadership of President Rupiah Banda. In an interview with the Watchdog, Sata said no one was happy with the leadership of President Banda which he said has failed to bring down the levels of poverty both in rural and urban areas. “My trip to [...]
Continue reading …The National Restoration Party (NAREP) has charged that Zambians have been given a raw deal by the current Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) leadership as it has failed terribly. In an interview with Radio Phoenix, NAREP Copperbelt Campaign Manager, Chilufya Luchembe noted that the MMD’s rule has been unsuccessful in many areas as the party [...]
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National Movement for Progress (NMP) President Ngandu Magande says people vying for political office must refrain from corrupt practices so that citizens can have confidence in them. Magande, who was speaking on a Q FM radio program, noted that for Zambia to boast of economic development there is need to develop all key sectors of [...]
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