— The Zambian government has said the holding of a cultural and arts festival in the southern city of Livingstone was a good innovation in tourism product packaging and development.
China is among seven foreign countries participating at this year’s Livingstone International Arts and Cultural Festival being held in Zambia’s tourist capital. (THE POST)
— A social and economic lobby group has said prioritizing value addition to natural resources will trigger industrialization and increase Zambia’s export earnings.
The Jesuit Center for Theological Reflections said the country should seriously take the program of value addition to its natural resource in order to record meaningful development. (DAILY NATION)
— Malaria has hit a girls secondary school in northwestern Zambia’s Kasempa district with almost half of the pupils diagnosed with the disease. Out of 732 pupils, 385 have been diagnosed and treated for malaria since schools opened in January this year. The school was situated at a region where malaria is prevalent. (ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL)
— Zambia has started mobilizing security agents to be deployed in border areas in order to curb the rise in the smuggling of maize and maize meal. (ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL) Enditem
Source: Xinhua
