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WHO concerned about Africa as COVID-19 cases accelerate across the continent
With more than 6000 COVID-19 cases reported in Africa, the virus is threatening fragile health systems on the continent. Infections are increasingly spreading not...
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Tight Fiscal Space has Constrained COVID-19 Response-CTPD
By Bright Chizonde Senior Researcher-CTPD
Zambia has been negatively hit by the global spread of the 2019 coronavirus through both external and domestic shocks attributed...
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PF Government is hiding information, the identities of the Government officials under Quarantine must be disclosed
By: Anthony Bwalya - UPND Member
At this moment, the Zambian public is entitled to treat with the highest contempt and distrust the infection figures...
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Mr Hichilema’s Immediate Lockdown Prescription would Hurt the Masses
By Sunday Chanda
We are very disappointed with Mr. Hakainde Hichilema's insensitivity to the realities of the Covid-19, all in his quest to sound relevant.
At...
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Effects of COVID-19 Disease on the Zambian Mining Industry
By Webby Banda CTPD-Senior Researcher (Extractives)
The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has observed that Mineral commodity prices have plummeted in recent days...
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Sangwa urges President Lungu to declare state of emergency over Covid-19
Prominent Lusaka lawyer John Sangwa,S.C has urged President Edgar Lungu to declare a State of Public Emergency to combat the coronavirus.
In a letter dated...
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African Development Bank launches record breaking $3 billion “Fight COVID-19” Social Bond
The African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org) has raised an exceptional $3 billion in a three-year bond to help alleviate the economic and social impact...
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Will Africa see an exponential rise in Covid 19 cases during the winter season
As countries in the northern hemisphere hard hit by the novel corona virus cling to the hope that warmer weather will bring about a...