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By NATION REPORTER

THE forthcoming Democracy conference that would be hosted by Zambia is just a forum that shall be used to push the Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) agenda, former cabinet minister George Mpombo has said.

Dr Mpombo said that the Democracy Summit was just a façade as the real agenda was that the countries hosting the event were trying to push the LGBTQ agenda which USA had always wanted to push.

He said it was unfortunate that countries like the US were trying to impose the despicable and abominable norms and values that were foreign to Zambians.

Dr Mpombo said it was unfortunate that Zambia was hosting such a summit when most of the opposition leaders were being politically arrested and victimized for exercising their rights.

“It is wrong for government to be hosting this event when they were infringing on people’s human rights. While the Democracy Summit will be going on, Zambians and opposition political leaders will be getting either arrested or harassed for one petty reason or the other. While the summit will be going on, Zambians will be having their human rights abused” Dr Mpombo said.

He said that the government was playing double standards as they were preaching democracy but were actually brutal when dealing with opposition leaders.

“During the pandemic, the majority of younger patients I saw on the COVID wards were obese. Given what we know about obesity, if you’d asked me why this was the case, I would have said that it was most likely due to excessive inflammation. What we found was the absolute opposite,” explained Professor Menna Clatworthy.

Scientists said the outcomes of the research were positive in study comprising mice, but whether humans will benefit equally from matcha powder was yet to be comprehended.

 MORE than K72 million has been released by Government as retirement benefits for former Tanzania Zambia Railways Authority (TAZARA). The money which was released this month has been outstanding for more than 15-years. The categories of pension arrears that have been paid were under the Zambia State Insurance Corporation (ZSIC) and the National Pensions Scheme […]

New research shows that the built environment, not social and economic environments, is a strong predictor of adolescents’ body mass index (BMI), overweight and obesity status, and eating behaviors, according to a new study in Obesity. This study provides the first quasi-experimental empirical evidence of these environments on adolescents’ BMI, overweight, obesity and related behaviors.

 THIRTEEN students from Evelyn Hone College have been arrested after they gathered at the Ministry of Science and Technology headquarters illegally. The students are believed to have gathered as a way to boycott their suspension which occurred three years ago for allegedly engaging in examination malpractice. Police deputy spokesperson Danny Mwale said the students gathered […]

 A One-year-four months old baby boy has sadly died after allegedly being electrocuted while playing with an electrical socket in a spare bedroom of the house. Courage Silwimba is believed to have crawled to the room while his parents Lazarus Silwimba 28 and Hope Silwimba were in the sitting room having lunch. The couple was […]

 THIRTEEN motor vehicles suspected to have fake registration numbers in Lusaka have been impounded. The operation to impound the vehicles is aimed at curbing cases of theft of motor vehicles which has been rampant especially in the capital city. During the operation, police have also arrested four people who were found with drugs stashed in […]

Vaccine makers are preparing for when avian influenza develops a strain that could infect humans.

Almost all countries around the globe criminalize abortion in some circumstances, despite the public health risks and impact on human rights, finds a review of the scope of penalties for the procedure in 182 nations, published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.