STATE OF THE MEDIA IN ZAMBIA Alert-14th February (Times of Zambia) Information Minister Dora Siliya has challenged journalists working for radio stations and other media houses to shame people promoting tribalism and using their profession to build the nation. Ms. Siliya said radio producers and journalists should be at the forefront to shame tribalism in the country. She said this at the world Radio Day commemoration held at the University of Zambia in Lusaka yesterday. “News can’t be just politics, yes we know politics is important issues to do with women, men, young women and children..… the content should have national values and radio stations and producers should be in the forefront to shames tribalism,” Ms. Siliya said. She said journalists or radio stations should not align themselves to political parties and should and not allow callers to stay bad things on radio as they had potential to divide the nations. Alert-17th February (Times of Zambia) Some residents of Luapula province say the installation of the village satellite television project both in some schools and homes is bearing fruits because it enables them to keenly follow current affairs. President Lungu launched the village satellite television project in Vubwi District in Eastern province recently. The project was part of the implementation of the 10,000 African satellite Television Project announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the forum for China-Africa Cooperation held in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2015. By end of this year, China hoped to reach 10,000 villages in 25 countries in Africa. At the launch of the project, President Lungu said the village satellite television project was one of the significant symbols of friendship between the people’s republic of China and Zambia in particular and Africa in general. Alert-17th February 2020 (MISA) On February 14, The Zed Entertainment TV crew that went to cover riots in Linda township was attacked by a mob. The rioters were vandalizing Linda Police post because it was alleged that some suspected ritual killers had been apprehended and were in custody at the Police Station. They had intentions of carrying out mob justice on the suspects. Speaking to MISA Zambia in an interview ZED TV station manager Mr Eric Malyangu narrated that the incident happened when the crew was about to leave, another incident erupted a few meters from the police post where the mob wanted to set ablaze a human being whom they suspected to be a ritual killer. Upon reaching the scene, the mob descended on the journalists causing tissue injuries on them. Communique-2nd March (News Diggers Newspaper) News Diggers and the Environmental Investigative Agency (EIA) asked the Lusaka High Court to dismiss Justice Minister Given Lubinda, his Lands counterpart Jean Kapata and Tasila Lungu’s defamation claim in the “Mukula pg. 55