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Top news in major Zambia media outlets (2016.4.14)

Xinhua, April 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Zambia's first President Kenneth Kaunda has encouraged the African Union (AU) to focus on unity in its bid to develop and build Africa because it is only by working together that the continent can grow.

Kaunda said when a delegation from the Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), advisory body to the AU, paid a courtesy call on him that there is need to work together and build the continent because no one else will do so other than African themselves.

The ECOSOCC will establish its headquarters in Zambia. (ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL)

-- A senior Zambian government official has reaffirmed the southern African nation's commitment to deepening bilateral ties with the European Union (EU).

Minister of Foreign Affairs Harry Kalaba said when he met an EU-Electoral Observer Mission that the longstanding relations between Zambia and the EU had seen the European body take part in election observer missions in Zambia.

Zambia will hold general elections on August 11. (TIMES OF ZAMBIA)

-- A mining industry body in Zambia has said torrid times in the country's mines will persist for "at least a foreseeable 12 to 18 months" from now.

The Zambia Chamber of Mines said no strong recovery in the prices of minerals was anticipated in the next one and half years.

Nathan Chishimba, the organization's president said no strong recovery in the prices of minerals was anticipated in the next one and half years.

The mining industry in Zambia has faced challenges brought about by falling copper prices and crippling electricity deficit since last year, forcing mining firms to cut jobs. (THE POST)

-- The Zambian government said it has no hand in determining where ballot papers for elections be printed, as this is the sole responsibility of the autonomous electoral body, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ).

Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili said it was not true that the government made a decision to print the ballot papers for this year's elections in Dubai instead of South Africa where the papers have been printed.

Opposition leaders have reacted angrily to reports that a Dubai-based firm is a preferred bidder to print the ballot papers. (THE ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL) Endit