AU meeting opens with call on African countries to enhance agricultural production

STORY: AU meeting opens with call on African countries to enhance agricultural production DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:07 LOCATION: LUSAKA CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the official opening of the AU meeting 2. SOUNDBITE (English): STANLEY KAKUBO, Zambia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation 3. various of Moussa Faki Mahamat, the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson STORYLINE: The 41st Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the African Union (AU) opened in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, Thursday with the host country calling on African countries to enhance agricultural production in order to tackle food insecurity. The meeting, comprising foreign affairs ministers from member states, is being held under the theme "Building Resilience in Nutrition on the African Continent: Accelerating Human Capital, Social and Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms." It runs from July 14 to 16. Zambian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation S

China, Zambia boast huge potential for cooperation, says expert

STORY: China, Zambia boast huge potential for cooperation, says expert DATELINE: March 26, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:28 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Zambia 2. SOUNDBITE (English): HAGGAI KANENGA, lecturer and researcher in the Department of Development Studies at the University of Zambia STORYLINE: China and Zambia enjoy huge potential for cooperation, especially in such areas as agriculture and technology, a Zambian scholar has said. The two countries have made strides in cementing bilateral ties over the years, Haggai Kanenga, a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Development Studies at the University of Zambia, told Xinhua in an interview on Thursday. Zambian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Stanley Kakubo last week became the first foreign minister of a sub-Saharan African country to visit China since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The trip signifies the importance both China and Zambia attach to their relations and also affirms the fact that Ch

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(220319) -- HUANGSHAN, March 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds talks with Zambian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Stanley Kasongo Kakubo in Tunxi, east China's Anhui Province, March 19, 2022. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)