IN the past two editions we delved into the legal framework of abortion in Africa with Zambia, Kenya and Uganda as models. Today’s subject looks at the reasons why Africa should remove sanctions on victims...

By CHRISTINE MWAABA – ZAMBIA continues to be ranked among countries in Africa with the highest levels of undernourished children at 48 per cent, a figure projected between 2014 to 2016. This is according to...

INFORMATION Technology (IT) does not take a day to learn and master. It is a life time profession which requires continuous learning and updating of one’s qualifications to meet the demands of the changing technologies....

THE man tasked to regulate radio stations and other media institutions in Australia shared his experience at a forum in Dunhuang, Gansu Province in China recently. Michael Coonan who is Head of Regulatory Affairs, Special...

ON September 22, 2017, the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) organised an all-stakeholder-inclusive National HIV Prevention Consultation meeting whose aim was to come up with a position paper which the Government through the Minister of Health...

The Economic scene with Dr Richard Mbewe – Felix Mutati – our Finance Minister presented the national budget for 2018 on Friday, September 29 2017. There is a saying in the financial circles that the...

CALLS by the opposition United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema on the Police to allow people to protest against the procurement of the 42 fire-trucks worth US$42 million are ill-fated in more than...

By Cosmas Chileshe – WHEN Heads of State and Government, Ministers and high representatives converged at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the 72nd United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA), they met amid...

By THANDIWE MOYO in Grahamstown, South Africa – THE media, being the Fourth Estate of governance, has a critical role to play in providing checks and balances by disseminating well-researched and balanced information in order...

By SALOME PHIRI – THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) protocol on gender and development that was adopted in 2008 is a unique sub-regional instrument that brings together African and global goals on gender equality....