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Top news items of Zambia's major media outlets

Xinhua, July 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Zambia local fish supply increased from 5,25 tons in 2004 to 22,753 tons in 2015 due to continued investments in the sector.

Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock permanent secretary David Shamulenge however said the country needs to produce 246, 890 tons of fish by 2025 if government's desire for every Zambian to consume 12 kilograms of fish annually was to be attained. (ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL)

-- Zambia's governing party, the Patriotic Front (PF), said maneuvers to have its presidential candidate disqualified in next month's general elections will not materialize because there was nothing wrong he has done to warrant such a move.

A concern citizen, Emmanuel Mbambiko, has petitioned the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to rule out incumbent President Edgar Lungu from the presidential race in the August 11 polls because he allegedly supported violence. (DAILY NATION)

-- Zambia has been connected to more than 3,000 doctors in China following the establishment of a China-Zambia Telemedicine Center at one of the country's major hospitals.

The China-Zambia Telemedicine Center situated at Levy Mwanawasa General Hospital in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, connects the hospital with different health experts at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University in Henan Province in China. (TIMES OF ZAMBIA) Endit