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By PRISCA LUMINGU in Chipata
THE Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) mealie meal being imported from South Africa is not meant for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) but would be sold in Zambia’s border towns to ease the deficit of the commodity the country has been faced with, Mtolo Phiri has announced.

And Mr Phiri, the Minister of Agriculture has announced that the GMO mealie meal from South Africa would soon be in border towns as government has commenced the importation of the commodity.
Mr Phiri says the motive of importing mealie meal was to ensure that the border areas were flooded with mealie meal from South Africa to meet the demand.

 TWO people among them a coxswain has died, while 12 others are still missing and feared dead on Lake Mweru in Nchelenge district of Luapula province. The victims were part of a boat carrying 32 people submerged in Lake Mweru yesterday between 06:00 hours and 08:00 hours. Police Deputy spokesperson Danny Mwale said the deceased, […]

 DISMISSED High Court judge Joshua Banda yesterday appeared in court for allegedly corruptly soliciting K130,000 from a sheriff so that he can make a favourable decision in a tribunal case. In another court, Mongu High Court Judge Wilfred Muma is accused of cancelling a land title belonging to the army and offering it to the Patriotic […]

Eating walnuts on a regular basis could benefit the cognitive development of adolescents and contribute to their psychological maturation. These are some of the conclusions reached by a study led by the Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), in which ISGlobal (a center promoted by “la Caixa” Foundation) and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM) have collaborated. This is unprecedented research; while there have been previous studies on the effect of nuts on our health, the impact of their consumption at such a critical stage for cognitive development as adolescence has never been examined.

Effective management of depression through psychological therapy is associated with a lower likelihood of heart disease and stroke, according to research published today in European Heart Journal.

Young teen smokers who also vape may be at heightened risk of persistent and heavier smoking in their late teens, reveal the combined findings of two nationally representative UK and U.S. studies, published online in the journal Tobacco Control.

Cancer survivors may be at long term heightened risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease, irrespective of traditional underlying risk factors, suggest the findings of a large UK Biobank study, published online in the journal Heart. Those with previous breast or blood cancers may be at greatest risk, the findings indicate.

Specifying the number of calories for each item on restaurant menus is likely linked to lower rates of cancers associated with obesity and attendant health care costs in the U.S., suggests a modeling study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

New research from University of East Anglia reveals why some children may be slower to learn words than others.

Since the start of 2023, a record number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been introduced into state legislatures. According to University of Maryland Associate Professor Ethan Mereish, such current events add to the list of daily thoughts and experiences that lead LGBTQ+ teens to report having suicidal and non-suicidal self-harm thoughts.