Transparency International Zambia president Reuben Lifuka makes his submission at the News Diggers! And OSISA round table conference on fair media coverage during elections at Le Elementos Hotel in Lusaka on May 8, 2021 – Picture by Tenson Mkhala
Transparency International Global Vice-President Rueben Lifuka has stressed that fair media coverage is important to achieve free and fair elections. And Action Aid Zambia executive director Nalucha Ziba says a democratic election is impossible without a professional and ethical media playing the watchdog role. Meanwhile, Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Corporate Affairs Manager Patricia Luhanga says despite the code of conduct being in place, the Commission only has jurisdiction on minor electoral disputes. Speaking during a round table conference on fair media coverage during elections organised by News Diggers and.
International relations minor sets graduates on global paths
May 10, 2021
Blair Lapres ’09 is an economist at the World Bank, working on private sector development with governments across the globe, from west Africa to parts of central Asia.
Tony Zhou ’19 worked in Zambia through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Now he’s based in Khartoum, Sudan, with the Darfur Women Action Group, a women-led NGO for survivors of the Darfur genocide.
Ashni Verma ’21, an industrial and labor relations major, is heading to a job as an analyst at the U.S. Government Accountability Office after graduation. These are just three of more than 400 undergraduates who have earned an international relations minor at Cornell.
PF deputy media director Antonio Mwanza has defended the distribution of money during campaigns saying, there is nothing wrong with sharing what you have. And Action Aid Zambia executive director Nalucha Ziba has urged the PF to stop playing “dirty political games” with the Hatembo family as they are innocent villagers. Speaking during the Citizens Engagement Public Forum organised by the Non-governmental Gender Organisations Coordinating Council (NGOCC), Mwanza said it was impossible to do politics without giving out money. “On the issue of money, in America and everywhere in the.
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We, the undersigned civil society organisations, strongly condemn the arrest and detention of ActionAid Zambia and Zitukule Consortium chairperson Mr Partner Siabutuba in Choma, Zambia on 10 March.
At the time of this statement, Mr Siabutuba was being detained detained without charge, without any indications as to what the cause of his arrest is.
We urge the police in Choma to either release Mr Siabutuba immediately or formally charge him with an offence. We stand in solidarity with Mr Siabutuba and urge the observance of human rights and rule of law with regard to his arrest and detention.
Signed for and on behalf of:
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