PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema says Zambia would have been in a good space if it wasn’t for the drought but regardless of this, government is projecting positive growth this year. And German Federal Minister of Agriculture Cem Özdemir says Germany is really impressed with the role which Zambia played during Africa’s struggle for freedom. Speaking when Özdemir and a German Business Delegation paid a courtesy call on him, Wednesday, President Hichilema said Zambia would rebound. “Without debt restructuring, we wouldn’t be talking about the investments in many sectors; mining, agriculture, minerals. This was a blockage towards achieving that. Unfortunately, we got affected by the worst drought in living memory. Were it not for the drought, this year we were projecting to...

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