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Top news items in major Zambian media outlets

Xinhua, March 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are the highlights of Zambia's major media outlets on Saturday.

-- Zambian President Edgar Lungu has called on citizens to use the Easter period to promote love, unity and individual responsibility.

Lungu,, in his Easter message to the nation, urged Zambians to behave in a Christian like manner in view of the country's special status as a Christian nation.(ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL)

-- Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has denied reports that he was courting an opposition leader as his running mate in the August 11 general elections.

Edith Nawakwi, leader of the opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD), claimed on Friday that she had turned Lungu's overtures to adopt her as his running party during the forthcoming elections.(DAILY NATION)

-- Chinese Ambasador to Zambia Yang Youming said his country stands ready to help promote Zambia's cultural and tourism sectors.

The Chinese envoy said in southern Zambia's Livingstone city that his country will help to market Zambia's tourism through arts and cultural exchanges.

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)

-- Zambia's police chief said the police have instituted investigations into the tapping and hacking of phones by some media houses and vowed to fight the perpetrators of the scourge.

Inspector General of the Zambia Police Kakoma Kanganja said it was illegal to tap and hack people's personal conversations regardless of their background. (DAILY NATION) Endit