Almost 2.7 million DawaPlus low quality Long-Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLINs) were distributed to beneficiaries in Northern, Muchinga and Copperbelt provinces of Zambia in 2017 and 2018, the National Malaria Elimination Centre (NMEC) has finally issued an official confirmation. NMEC’s response came following two investigative articles published by News Diggers in August and September 2019. The...

A top health ministry official has confirmed that Zambia was a recipient of alleged low quality Long-Lasting Insecticide Nets (LLIN). He said the approximately 2.7 million DawaPlus 2.0 nets arrived in the country around July 2017. This brand of controversial nets was manufactured by Tana Netting, a foreign company which ceased to exist before rebranding...

The three Chinese nationals who were last month arrested illegally for possessing 25 pieces of rhino horns weighing 32.2 kilogrammes at Chanida Border in Eastern Province have been named as Hung Qingzhou, He Qingmao and Wan Qin, while the two Zambians who were involved have been identified as Lovemore Kamwendo and Obert Simwajata. They five...

Ministry of Tourism and Arts Public Relations Officer Sakabilo Kalembwe has confirmed the arrest of three Chinese nationals and two Zambians who were found in illegal possession of 25 pieces of rhino horns weighing 32.2 Kilogrammes as reported by News Diggers! on Friday. Kalembwe said in a statement that the three were arrested by a...

A joint team of government investigators has arrested three Chinese nationals and two Zambians for being found in possession of 25 pieces of rhino horns weighing approximately 32kgs. And Ministry of Tourism and Arts Public Relations Officer who is also Department of National Parks and Wildlife spokesperson, Sakabilo Kalembwe said his ministry will soon be...

The kwacha has continued with its positive performance against the US dollar and other major convertible currencies, breaking the 8 kwacha psychological barrier to an average high of K8.9 to the green paper. Today, the local unit is trading at an average K8.8 and K8.9 from last week’s K9.2 against the US dollar, according to...

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has announced that the annual rate of inflation for the month of June has increased to 6.8 per cent from last month’s 6.5 per cent. According to CSO Director of Census and Statistics John Kalumbi who announced the monthly inflation statistics at the Zambia International Trade Fair in Ndola, the...

World Bank Country Manager Ina-Marlene Ruthenberg says Zambia’s past decade of economic growth was not sufficiently pro-poor and the benefits have mainly benefited the richer segments of the population in urban areas. Speaking at Southern Sun Hotel in Lusaka during the launch of a new World Bank Economic Brief titled Reaping Richer Returns from Public...

Finance Minister Felix Mutati says government will have to address the higher than projected budget deficits, accumulation of arrears, and increased debt levels before the IMF staff presents Zambia's bailout request to the board in August 2017. And the minister said in the first five months of the year, the revenue underperformed by 10 per...

Zambia has been elected to the position of vice president of the UNESCO Subsidiary Committee to lead the Sub-Sahara Africa agenda on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural property. The elections were held at the just-ended meeting of the members of the Subsidiary Committee at...