Little to show for infrastructure... Namilenge clinic situated along the highway to Lusaka in Kaoma town of Western Province
By Nebert Mulenga
MONGU (May 2011) – The recent man-burning riots in Zambia’s northern Luapula Provincial capital, Mansa, have stirred public demand for the need to recount the confusions of Western Province’s Mongu town at the beginning of this year, when the Westerners pressed for the region’s independence citing unbearable poverty levels.
“The tensions in Western Province are a consequence of the neglect that the place has suffered in terms of socio-economic and infrastructure development,” Thomas Mabwe, head of Development Studies at the Zambia Open University, commented. Read full story…
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