US, ZAMBIA SIGN N$40 BILLION HEALTH AGREEMENT

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The United States and Zambia have signed a health cooperation agreement worth about N$40 billion in Lusaka on Thursday.

The signing ended nearly a year of contentious negotiations over patient data and mineral rights that had threatened to derail the partnership.

NAMIBIA AND ZAMBIA COMPLETE JOINT BORDER OPERATION

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Namibia and Zambia have concluded a joint border clearance, debushing and reaffirmation operation, covering approximately 120 kilometers of the international boundary between Wenela and Imusho.

ZAMBIA CHOLERA OUTBREAK CLAIMS 15 LIVES

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Fifteen people have so far died following a new cholera outbreak in Zambia.
Zambia declared a new cholera outbreak on the 30th of last month, following a previous outbreak that ended in July.

MAFWE CULTURAL FESTIVAL MARKS 45 YEARS OF HERITAGE AND UNITY

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The Mafwe Traditional Authority celebrated the 45th anniversary of the annual Lusata Cultural Festival at its palace headquarters in Chinchimane.

This year's festival was held under the theme "Celebrating Our Cultural Heritage, Unity and Cultural Diversity".

ZAMBIA GIVES GOVERNMENT POWER OVER FORMER LEADERS’ BURIALS

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Zambia has enacted a new law giving the government statutory authority to determine where former presidents and vice presidents are buried.

The law comes after the highly publicised dispute over the burial of former President Edgar Lungu, whose family wanted him buried in South Africa.

ZAMBIA REJECTS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION

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The Zambian Government has rejected the European Parliament's recent resolution on Zambia's post-election, describing it as premature and saying that it was adopted without sufficient engagement with the Zambian authorities.

OMUSATI ECHOES PREMIERES IN LUSAKA

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The Namibian-produced documentary Omusati Echoes has premiered in Zambia's capital, Lusaka.

A large audience, mainly young people, filled the Ster-Kinekor auditorium at Manda Hill, one of Lusaka's major shopping centres, for the screening.

LT GEN ZUZE DIES AT 84

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Lieutenant General Peter Dingiswayo Zuze has died at the age of 84, following an illness on Monday. 

For many Namibians, particularly the younger generation, his name may not be immediately familiar, but he played a significant role in the military history of Namibia and Zambia.