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13Nov/17

UK’s Johnson apologises for distress caused by remarks on jailed aid worker in Iran

November 13, 2017PoliticsBoris, Boris Johnson, British people, Country: Iran, Country: United Kingdom, English people, Foreign relations of the United Kingdom, Foreign Secretary, Gender, Genealogy, Iran, Iran–United Kingdom relations, Law/Crime, London, Mayors of London, Nazanin, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Politics, Politics by country, Richard Ratcliffe, Theresa May, Thomson Reuters Foundation, United Kingdomsmbale

LONDON, ENGLAND, UK (NOVEMBER 13, 2017) (PARLIAMENT TV) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Monday (NOvember 13) apologised for causing distress with remarks he made about a Iranian-British aid worker jailed in Iran. Continue reading →

10Jan/17

Breaking News

January 10, 2017Reuters, UncategorizedBusiness/Finance, Company: ThomsonReuters, Economy, Entertainment/Culture, Knowledge, Market data, News, Professional Information Services - NEC, Reuters, Thomson Reuters, Thomson Reuters Foundationsmbale

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09Sep/16

Prostitution ‘easiest way out’ for Zambia’s drought-stricken farmers

September 9, 2016EnvironmentCharles Sibeene, Chipata, Christine Mwenda, Continents, Countries, Drought, Environment, Food security, Geography of Africa, Kitwe, LIVINGSTONE, Lucy Bwalya, Lusaka, Martha Simukonde, Mumbwa, Nino, Region: Southern Africa, Social Issues, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Wildaf, Zambiasmbale

LUSAKA, Sept 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Repeated failed crops caused by worsening drought have forced Christine Mwenda, a small-scale farmer in Zambia’s central Mumbwa region, to do what was previously unthinkable.
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18Oct/15

Low rainfall and crippling power shortages hit Zambia’s economy

October 18, 2015EconomyAfrica, Brenda Nglazi Zulu, Chileshe Musonda, Copperbelt Energy Corporation, Countries, Danstan Kaunda, electricity, Fackson Shamenda, Geography of Africa, Glencore, Jumana Farouky, Kafue, Kafue Gorge Lower Power Station, Kariba, Kenneth Kaunda, Laurie Goering, Lusaka, Mopani Copper Mines, North Power, Readley Makaliki, Reuters, Thomson Reuters Foundation, usual energy production patterns, Zambia, ZESCOsmbale

LUSAKA, Zambia Oct 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Brenda Nglazi Zulu has tried to adapt to the power cuts that sometimes leave her home in the capital Lusaka without electricity for half the day. She bought a gas stove and installed solar panels to help keep her lights on.
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13Oct/15

Campaign group says women pay the price of Zambia mining expansion

October 13, 2015Environment. Company, ActionAid, ActionAid Zambia, Alesi Muke, Beth Lombanya, Celine Salcedo, Celine Salcedo-La Vina, director of Land and Resource Rights Initiative, First Quantum Minerals Ltd, Garth Lappeman, Geography of Zambia, Kalumbila Mine, Kalumbila Minerals Ltd, Magdalena Mis, Musele, Northern Township, Pamela Chisanga, Peter Veit, Reuters, Rontina, Rontina Alesi Muke, Seke Mwansakombe, Sentinel mine, SHINENGENE, Solwezi, Southeast Africa, Thomson Reuters, Thomson Reuters Corp, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Tim Pearce, United Nations Human Settlements Programme, vulnerable food support programme, World Resources Institute, Zambiasmbale

SHINENGENE, Zambia, Sept 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The women sat quietly in a village church in northwest Zambia, the sun slanting down on their colourful Sunday outfits as they told how life had changed since their chief agreed to handover a tract of land to a foreign firm for a new copper mine, leading to the resettlement of hundreds of families.
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