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Zambia begs for K23.5 billion humanitarian aid, $30.9 million dollars recovered from high profile cases; see our top 10 stories of the week

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In case you missed them, here are our top 10 stories of the week:

1. President Hakainde Hichilema says the country is in urgent need of more than K23.5 billion to respond to effects of drought.Read more…

2. Zambia’s reforms on the electoral process, rule of law, civil liberties and media freedom, have reportedly slowed down under President Hakainde Hichilema administration. Read more…

3. At the High Court on Wednesday, individuals suspected to be University of Zambia students arrived wearing black T-shirts and chanting ‘No third term! No to corruption!’ Read more…

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4. Former President Edgar Lungu’s daughter, Chiyeso, has lost her State Lodge properties worth about K9 million, after the Economic and Financial Crimes’ Court ordered for their Non-Conviction Based forfeiture of tainted property to the state. Read more…

5. A sum of US$5 million seized in the gold scandal has been surrendered to the Zambian government while the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) released the jet plane to its owners, after the Director of Public Prosecutions and the interested parties in the criminal case entered into a consent judgment. Read more…

6. An investigation by the Kabwata Police Station in Lusaka has led to the arrest of a suspected cartel that stole about K421, 907 through unlawful access to data.Read more…

7. The National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) has announced that it has recovered over US$30.9 million in forfeitures from multiple high profile cases in the last one month. Read more…

8. Zambia and other African countries lose US$29 billion in education finance due to excessively low tax rates, according to a new report by the Tax and Education Alliance. Read more…

9. Former national team player, Rainford kalaba, has regained his full conscious and is able to talk, University Teaching Hospital (UTH) officials say. Read more…

10. Copper Queens defender, Lushomo Mweemba, has reportedly signed a one-and-a-half-year deal with 16-time Kazakhstani Champions, BIIK Kazygurt. Read more…

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