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Top news items in major Zambian media outlets

Xinhua,February 16, 2018 Adjust font size:

LUSAKA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Zambia's major media outlets on Friday.

-- Zambian Vice-President Inonge Wina says the government will champion good corporate governance principles as fundamental ingredients for growing the country's economy.

The Zambian vice-president said tenets of good corporate governance were key to fighting corruption in the country. (Daily Nation)

-- A team from the European Union (EU) met with refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at a transit center in Zambia's Nchelenge district in Luapula Province to familiarize itself on the challenges they were facing.

EU Ambassador to Zambia Alessandro Mariani, who led the team, said the EU was happy with Zambia's decision to welcome the refugees and expressed happiness over the work being done to take care of the refugees. (News Diggers)

-- An organization that traces shady financial transaction in Zambia says there were some obscure foreign companies seeking to provide financing to the government.

Financial Intelligence Center chief executive officer Mary Tshuma said there were so much illegal financial activities taking place in the country and some unscrupulous firms were attempting to finance projects. (The Mast) Enditem

 

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