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Top news items in major Zambian media outlets

Xinhua, November 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in Zambia's major media outlets on Tuesday.

-- Zambian President Edgar Lungu has assured workers at Tanzania-Zambia Railways (TAZARA) of his government's commitment to revamping operations of the jointly owned railway firm.

Lungu, who is on a three-day state visit to Tanzania, addressing the workers at the firm's headquarters, said that they should not despair as the two governments were keen to ensure that the operations of the railway firm were revived. (Times of Zambia)

-- Zambia's Vice-President Inonge Wina has urged people to adopt healthy lifestyles to help prevent the increasing cases of non-communicable diseases.

The Zambian vice-president said when she launched the National Health Week that the country was seeing an increase in non-communicable diseases such as cancers, strokes, hypertension and others and attributed this to the failure to adequately tackle the challenge. (Zambia Daily Mail)

-- The European Union (EU) has given Zambia a 40 million Euros grant aimed at helping the southern African nation unlock its electricity generation potential by allowing for more private sector investment.

EU Head of Delegation to Zambia Alesandro Mariani said the energy sector was important for the country's economic development, adding that the country needed to tap into its vast renewable energy resource to increase electricity production. (Daily Nation)

-- A union representing workers in Zambia's energy sector has warned the government against its plan to privatize the country's power utility, saying this will leave thousands of workers in destitute.

The National Union of Energy and Allied Workers said the power utility should remain in the hands of the government as a strategic company for economic growth and development. (The Mast) Endit