Top news items in major Zambian media outlets

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

-- Zambian President Edgar Lungu said the country has made progress in fulfilling commitments made under the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), which is a self-monitoring mechanism of the African Union (AU). (Times of Zambia)

-- The Zambian government said it will endeavor to try various financial assistance options instead of sticking to one financing solution in order to enhance competition in trade cooperation.

Minister of Finance Felix Mutati said the government wanted to test financial solutions from the west in order to strike a balance that may protect the country's industries in case of a bubble burst in any other global financial region. (Zambia Daily Mail)

-- The Malawian government has summoned an opposition leader from Zambia to help with investigations into an alleged scandal on the importation of 100,000 tonnes of maize from Zambia.

Savior Chishimba, leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP) who has been in the forefront of exposing the scandal, said he has been summoned by the Anti-Corruption Bureau of Malawi and the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee to provide more information on the scandal. (Daily Nation)

-- Bharti Airtel, which owns and operates Airtel Zambia, one of the country's mobile phone service providers, has announced plans to exit Africa by the end of this year.

The Indian-based firm said it would carry out a review of its operations in Africa which will affect some operations in some countries. (The Mast) Endit