Representing the SADC
Defence minister Harry Mkandawire is in war torn north Kivu in Democratic Republic of Congo where he is leading a Malawi delegation to appreciate the peace keeping work the Malawi Defence Force is doing. Mkandawire is leading a delegation of government officials and members of parliamentary committee on defence. The delegation made a courtesy call … Read More “Malawi Defence Minister Mkandawire Visits War Torn North Kivu in DRC” »
Windhoek — The Extra-Ordinary Summit of Organ Troika, Plus SADC Troika and Force Intervention Brigade Troop Contributing Countries Heads of State and Government, hereinafter called Summit was held on the 08th May, 2023. Summit was officially opened and chaired by His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia, in his capacity … Read More “Southern Africa: Communiqué of the Extra-Ordinary Organ Troika Summit, Plus SADC Troika and Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) Troop Contributing Countries (TCCS)” »
Mongu — The governor of the eastern Moxico Province, Ernesto Muangala, expressed Monday in the city of Mongu, capital of the Western province of Zambia, interest to cooperate in the sectors of health, education, tourism, trade and agriculture to accelerate the development of the province. Ernesto Muangala expressed the interest of cooperating with this neighboring … Read More “Angola: Moxico Provincial Government to Boost Cooperation With Zambia” »
Manama — The Speaker of the National Assembly, Carolina Cerqueira, Sunday assessed bilateral cooperation with Zambia and Serbia in separate meetings. During her meeting with the Speaker of the Zambian Parliament, Nelly Mutti, she reaffirmed the need to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in general, and specially between both parliaments, as a way for … Read More “Angola: Bahrain – Angolan Parliament Speaker Assesses Cooperation With Zambia and Serbia” »
Doha — The President of Malawi, Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, on Sunday expressed the wish to travel to Angola aiming to attend the meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), to be held in August this year in Luanda. The information was provided to the press by the secretary of State for International Cooperation and … Read More “Malawi: President of Malawi to Make Working Visit to Angola This Year” »
As we continue looking at the mooted electric vehicle (EV) battery project between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), today will focus on EV-related trending issues like who is currently powering world’s EVs. In their recent presentations, Benchmark Mineral Intelligence experts Simon Moores and Mark Ferguson weighed in on how EV purchases are … Read More “Zambia: Increased Demand for Battery Metals – Zambia, DRC Should Be Part of Story” »
Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Malawi — What happens when so-called ‘solutions’ for refugees fail? The UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, says refugees like me who are forced to leave their homes have three options to resume their lives: voluntary return to the place they’ve left, integration in their host country, or resettlement to a third country. For … Read More “Malawi: Flipping the Narrative – ‘It’s Like Living in a Waiting Room to Nowhere’” »
[Times of Zambia] THE Ndola-Sakania road has become the latest road that has been choked with marooned trucks in transit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through the Sakania border post. Source link
Chililabombwe, Zambia — The presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia have vowed to resolve customs delays for trucks transporting copper from the two top producers in Africa. The growing demand for electric vehicles has fueled a race for the copper and cobalt used in their batteries, but truckloads of the key metals … Read More “Africa: DRC, Zambia Vow to Resolve Customs Delays for Trucks Hauling Copper, Cobalt” »
CNN — Cameroonian authorities detected two suspected cases of Marburg disease on Monday in Olamze, a commune on the border with Equatorial Guinea, the public health delegate for the region, Robert Mathurin Bidjang, said on Tuesday. Equatorial Guinea officially declared its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, an illness similar to Ebola, on Monday. Neighboring … Read More “Cameroon finds suspected cases of Marburg virus, an illness similar to Ebola | CNN” »
