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...

POLAND SAYS STUDENTS ARRESTED IN NIGERIA HAVE BEEN RELEASED. (PHOTO).


 Poland says students arrested in Nigeria have been released


A group of Polish students who were arrested in Nigeria have been released, the foreign ministry in Warsaw said on Wednesday.


Nigeria said earlier this month that it had arrested seven Polish nationals for raising Russian flags during anti-government protests in the northern state of Kano, Reuters reported.


Following their arrest, a Polish foreign ministry spokesperson rejected the accusation that they were waving the flags and said they were merely in the vicinity of the protest.


"The Polish students have been released and are in Kano," the Polish foreign ministry said in a post on social media platform X. "Thank you to everyone involved in the release of the Polish citizens!"


Hundreds of thousands of Nigerians had been protesting since Aug. 1 against President Bola Tinubu's painful economic reforms that have seen a partial end to fuel and electricity subsidies, currency devaluation and inflation touching three-decade highs.


Some protesters waved Russian flags during protests in northern states, underscoring concerns about increased Russian activity in western Africa.

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