Top news items in major Zambian media outlets

LUSAKA, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Zambia's major media outlets on Friday:

-- First Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda has described late South African anti-apartheid icon Winnie Mandela as a great freedom fighter who stood for what she believed in. (Times of Zambia)

-- A court in western Zambia has jailed a couple believed to be from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to 25 years in imprisonment with hard labor for trying to sell their nine children and five others to unknown people. (Zambia Daily Mail)

-- Zambia has pledged committed in ensuring the growth of its trade with neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Victor Kasuba, district commissioner for Mwansabombwe district in Luapula Provinces that borders DRC, said Zambia was seeking to increase its trade volumes because of the cordial relations that have existed between the two countries. (Daily Nation)

-- Zambia's leading opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema said the decision by the governing party to go to court and block the impeachment motion filed by his party was a sign that the party was scared to the bone over the motion to impeach President Edgar Lungu. (The Mast) Enditem