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Top news items in major Zambia media outlets

Xinhua, April 15, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Zambian President Edgar Lungu said his administration will continue to focus on the socioeconomic transformation agenda to continue uplifting people's living standards.

Lungu said his government was engaging various stakeholders to effectively pursue its ambition to uplift livelihoods in the country, adding that his desire was to make Zambia a better place for all people. (ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL)

-- The Zambian government said the country was importing about 60 percent finished petroleum products due to an increase in demand of the commodity which caused a fuel scarcity in the recent past.

Minister of Energy and Water Development Dora Siliya said the country previously used to import more crude oil and less finished products but that this has changed now because the demand has gone up.

She said the country's sole oil refinery, Indeni Oil Refinery, has no capacity to refine enough oil to satisfy the demand. (THE POST)

-- Youths from four political parties in Zambia have signed a communique to denounce violence and discourage ethnic divisions and tribal talk ahead of this year's general elections.

The youths, from the ruling Patriotic Front (PF), main opposition United Party for National Development (UPND), Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) and the Green Party, signed the communique to disown people planning and executing violence ahead of the August 11 general elections.

Violence has characterized the political environment in the run-up to the election, with analysts predicting that the situation could worsen unless bold steps are taken to curb it. (DAILY NATION)

-- Zambian footballers have formed a union aimed at protecting their careers and rights.

About 150 players have so far joined the Footballers and Allied Workers Union of Zambia (FAWUZ).

Linos Chalwe, the union's general secretary however said during the launch that the union will look at various issues that affect players such as contracts, insurance, salaries and financial management.

He however added that membership of the union was not only restricted to footballers. (ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL) Endit