Top news items of major Zambian media outlets

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

-- Zambian President Edgar Lungu has assured investors in the mining sector that his government will continue providing a conducive economic environment to attract more investments to the sector.

Lungu said he was happy that despite a decline in copper and other metal prices on the international market, Zambia's mining industry has continued to attract more investments.(ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL)

-- Zambia will sign up to the partnership on illicit finance action plan to curb illegal financial activities that have impacted negatively on the country's revenue.

Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba said Zambia was in the process of signing up to the partnership on illicit finance action plan to curb illicit financial flows in the country. (TIMES OF ZAMBIA)

-- Zambia's ruling party has suffered losses in two constituencies after two ministers failed to file in their nomination papers.

Justice Minister Ngosa Simbyakula and his education counterpart John Phiri failed to file in their nomination papers to contest parliamentary elections after arriving late.(DAILY NATION)

-- Barclays Bank Zambia Plc has rolled out a new e-commerce platform that will enable customers to make payments and access various other services online.

Barclays has partnered with Cellulant, a payments ecosystem, to develop paybillsco.zm, a new e-commerce site for the Zambian market, which combines online payments with the accessibility of card payments using Visa or Mastercard.(THE POST) Endit