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Top news items in major Zambian media outlets

Xinhua, August 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Zambia plans to construct an accident museum to improve education on responsible driving and passenger safety.

The Road Safety and Traffic Agency (RTSA) said it was working with relevant government departments in looking for premises to turn into a scrap yard where vehicles involved in accidents from way back could be displayed. (TIMES OF ZAMBIA)

-- Supporters of Zambian President Edgar Lungu in Kitwe and Ndola cities in the Copperbelt Province on Monday staged solidarity marches following his re-election.

The supporters, mostly marketeers and street vendors, said they will offer solidarity support to Lungu because he is the leader they have chosen to govern them for the next five years. (DILY NATION)

-- The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has dismissed Zambia's protest against Guinea Bissau over the eligibility of one of the players used in an African Cup of Nations qualifier march.

Zambia's soccer governing body, the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ), had protested the eligibility of goalkeeper Papa Massa Mbaye Fall in the 2017 African Cup of Nations Group E qualifier played on June 4, 2016, in Bissau which Guinea won 3-2. (ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL) Endit