Top news items in major Zambian media outlets

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

-- Zambia will benefit from a fund set up by the French government and other cooperating partners aimed at increasing installed capacity of power in African countries.

French Ambassador to Zambia Emmanuel Cohet said has contributed 2 billion dollars to the fund. He further said another initiative called the International Solar Alliance being promoted by India and France was on the table with Zambia expected to benefit more especially in the agriculture sector. (Times of Zambia)

-- Zambian President Edgar Lungu will sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change on the sidelines of the 71st Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York.

Zambia's Permanent Representative to the UN Mwaba Kasese-Bota confirmed that Lungu will sign the agreement as part of the other engagements at the summit where he is also expected to deliver Zambia's national statement. (Zambia Daily Mail)

-- Typhoid has broken out in northern Zambia's Mbala district with 100 cases reported so far and one death recorded.

Mbala Municipal Council Public Relations Officer David Simfuwe confirmed the outbreak and added that the local authority in collaboration with health authorities has embarked on water quality monitoring in all the affected areas.

He said over 70 percent of the cases were recorded in urban areas as most water supply pipes were allegedly punctured by the residents thereby exposing the drinking water to contamination. He further said water kiosks in the district lacked chlorine, a situation that was exposing residents to more dangers of the disease. (Daily Nation) Endit