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WFP Zambia Country Brief, November 2020 Format US$ 0 six-month (December 2020 – May 2021) net funding requirements 168,105 people assisted in November 2020 Operational Updates In November, WFP assisted 168,105 people, of which 14,667 were refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and 104,730 people impacted by COVID-19. Additionally, WFP reached 20,500 people through its nutrition initiatives and supported 28,208 smallholder farmers through its resilience strengthening activities. As...

Former Zambia Prisons Commissioner Percy Chato FORMER Zambia Correctional Service (ZCS) commissioner general Percy Chato says some stakeholders will cry foul following the outcome of next year’s general election because there’s lack of adequate regulation regarding inmates voting. And UPND national chairperson Mutale Nalumango says there was no need to rush into allowing inmates to vote because there is no legal mechanism to guarantee a free and fair vote in correctional facilities. On M...

Monze UPND Member of Parliament Jack Mwiimbu address journalists during a press briefing at his office in Lusaka on January 22, 2020 - Picture by Tenson Mkhala MONZE Central UPND member of parliament Jack Mwiimbu says an independent inquest into the killings of State prosecutor Nsama Nsama and UPND sympthiser Joseph Kaunda are the only way to expose the truth because Zambia Police has no capacity to investigate itself. In a statement, Monday, police spokesperson Esther Katongo claimed that c...

THE Ministry of Health has announced that Zambia has recorded 234 new COVID-19 cases out of 4,884 tests done in the last 24 hours, breaching the 20,000 mark in cumulative cases. And Lusaka City Council (LCC) public relations manager George Sichimba says the local authority has warned 165 business premises for failure to comply with COVID-19 guidelines out of 267 business premises inspected. According to the daily dashboard update, Zambia recorded 234 new COVID-19 cases out of 4,884 tests conduc...

Dr Chitalu Chilufya MINISTER of Health Dr Chitalu Chilufya says the country has almost tripled the number of COVID-19 cases from 295 reported last week to 620 new cases in the last seven days. Speaking during the weekly COVID-19 update, Dr Chilufya said the country was experiencing a second wave of the pandemic. “Country men and women, it is very clear that the second wave is here. We had reported only 295 last Wednesday in the update in the previous week but this week, we report on 620 ne...

The government has cautioned residents to strictly adhere to the convid-19 health guidelines as a new wave of the pandemic heightens. And government has advised the health authorities in Monze District to closely monitor the use of mosquito nets that are being distributed freely if the disease burden was to be reduced again. Speaking during a Monze District epidemic preparedness committee meeting held at the council chamber today, Monze District Commissioner Munachoongo Muleya noted that people...

Ten thousand emerging farmers are earmarked to receive support to increase their productivity, incomes, and sustainable farming practices under a new project spearheaded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Corteva Agriscience, Global Communities, and John Deere. The development is a result of a Zambia Emerging Partnership whose objective is to transform Zambia’s largely subsistence sector through the commercialization of emerging farmers. The three-year project...

Home / News & Events / USAID, Corteva, Global Communities, John Deere Collaboration Leverages K777 Million Investment to Catalyze Agriculture in Zambia LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Ten thousand emerging farmers across Zambia will receive support to increase their productivity, incomes, and sustainable farming practices under a new project spearheaded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Corteva Agriscience, Global Communities, and John Deere. The objective of the Zamb...