Category: Africa News

By Staff Reporter ZAMBIA’s first and founding President, Kenneth David Kaunda known as KK, has died on Thursday June 17, 2021 at the age of 97 from an undisclosed short illness at Zambia’s military hospital. He served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991.He liberated the former British colony, Northern Rhodesia from…

By Mashete Lumamezi THE King of Barotseland Lubosi Imwiko II, has marked his 20 year coronation anniversary on the throne last month October 13. He was enthroned as the king on 13 October 2000. His 20 year coronation ceremony was postponed to November 13, 2020 due to COVID 19 measure caused by the deadly Coronavirus…

By Staff Reporter THE Premier (Ngambela) of the Barotse Royal Establishment (BRE) Mr. Manyando Mukela, refuted media report by the state broad caster (ZNBC), that the BRE supports the long standing botched Zambian Constitution Amendment Bill 10 of 2019. Ngambela Mukela has shot down allegations that the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) member of parliament Mr.…

Albert González Farran/UNAMID Obi Anyadike Editor-at-Large The UN Security Council has paused the drawdown of peacekeepers from Sudan’s troubled western province of Darfur, but local aid workers and analysts have called for a rethink of the overall withdrawal strategy in light of the country’s continued political violence. The crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Khartoum by…

Madagascar is suffering its worst measles outbreak in decades. More than 50,000 people have been infected and at least 300 killed, most of them children, according to health officials. Cases have been reported in all major towns and cities, as well as in rural areas. Supported by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF, the government…