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Crafts on display at Kabwata Cultural Village. Photo credit: Glory Mushinge and Sambu Wakalika.

by Glory Mushinge –Zambia– As senior tourism officials and high-level representatives of the private sector from all over the world look to Africa for the upcoming United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly, Zambian artists in the country are …

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by Glory Mushinge – UK – In much of the world, life for an eight year old is considered just started, but in Colombia, girls that age are dying, fighting in the military. “As soon as they said they were …

Colombia’s Church and Civil Society Rally European Support for Ongoing Crisis Read more »

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by Glory Mushinge – Zambia – International Labor Day was celebrated on May 1st throughout the world again this year, but in Zambia it was simply another painful experience for workers. In a nation of over 11 million people, only …

Labor Day in Zambia: “Our workers have been turned into slaves in their own country!” Read more »

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by Glory Mushinge – Zambia – The much-awaited National Information and Communications Technologies (ICT’s) policy has finally launched in Zambia. The policy has kept various stakeholders lobbying government in the belief that it would set motion the improvement of the …

Zambia ‘s ICT Policy Finally Launched Read more »

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by Glory Mushinge – Zambia – The past week saw some of Lusaka’s top members of the diplomatic community from Francophone embassies in Zambia, get carried away with festivities for ten straight days and nights, between the 15th to the …

Francophonie Offers Platform for Cultural Exchange Read more »

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by Glory Mushinge – Zambia – As a philosopher once said: If you treat people like dirt and refuse to acknowledge that they are also human and have rights, you leave them with no choice but to fight back. This …

The Quest for Women’s Rights Intensifies as Men Get Involved Read more »

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by Glory Mushinge – Zambia – In a developing country like Zambia, one million and five hundred Zambian Kwachas, or roughly three hundred and fifty dollars, is enough to feed a family for 350 days. So, when Liness Mwale, a …

Lusaka House Demolitions Spell Doom for Poor Families Read more »

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by Glory Mushinge – Zambia – The procrastination of government over the enactment of the Freedom of Information Bill (FOIB), which gives the public and journalists free access to public information, has ignited concern, with some members of the judiciary …

Freedom of Information, a Trademark for a Democratic Society Read more »

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by Glory Mushinge – Zambia – Africa recently hosted the World Social Forum, which was held in Nairobi, Kenya from the 20th to 25th of January. Like always, the preparations towards this event, like with many other events like this, …

Social Fora: Can the Talk be Walked? Read more »

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by Glory Mushinge Zambia While most Zambian people, especially local business owners, have continuously condemned Chinese investors for exploiting the country’s market by selling sub-standard goods and services, as well as monopolizing Zambian business with goods that are supposed to …

Zambians Urged to Wrestle Chinese Business Exploitation Read more »