ZAMBIA PRESIDENT APPROVES LAW EXPANDING PARLIAMENT MONTHS BEFORE ELECTION. (PHOTO).

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 Zambia president approves law expanding parliament months before election Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema on Thursday signed into law constitutional changes that will expand the country's parliament, Reuters reported. The changes increase the number of members of parliament to around 280 from 167 currently by creating more constituencies, reserving 40 new seats for women, youth and people with disabilities, and allowing the president to appoint 11 members instead of eight previously. Hichilema, who will run for a second presidential term in the August 2026 election, said during a signing ceremony that the changes were being made in good faith and there was adequate consultation. He previously argued that some constituencies were too big for effective service delivery and should be split into smaller ones. Some opposition politicians have criticised the move to increase the number of members of parliament at a time when the country is still emerging from a protracted debt...

6,500 MIGRANTS HAD BEEN RESCUED SINCE THURSDAY TO YESTERDAY SUNDAY ,BY THE ITALIAN NAVY.

               According to a coastguard who said on twitter that,in one operation by the Italian navy vessel Vega,five migrants were picked up out of the sea,three people were resuscitated and two were already.The German aid group Jugend Rettet added that its ship luventa had taken part in the same operation to save 130 people packed onto a rubber dinghy that was taking on water,and had also recovered two bodies.A fifth body was found aboard a fishing boat from which some 470 migrants were rescued by the Italian navy and the Malta based aid group,Mooas.Sunday's rescue missions off the Libyan coast brought 1,100 migrants and refugees to safety overall,bringing the total to 6,530 since thursday,said the Italian coastguard which coordinates the operations.According to the latest figures from the UN's refugee agency earlier this week,more than 89,000 people,most from sub-Saharan Africa,have arrived in Italy by sea since the start of the year in search of a better life in Europe.

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