LUSAKA, June 22 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Zambia's major media outlets on Thursday.
-- The Zambian government has been urged to consider finding alternative ways of sustaining HIV/AIDS interventions instead of depending on donor funding.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation country programs manager Mabvuto Kango said Zambia has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in sub-Sahara Africa hence the need to ensure that the country has a domestic sustainable fund to support intervention measures. (Zambia Daily Mail)
--The Zambian cabinet has approved a new mobile licensing framework to open up the telecommunication market beyond the current three mobile operators.
Minister of Transport and Communications Brian Mushimba said the ministry has been granted approval by cabinet to introduce a converged licensing framework in the sector that aims at encouraging competition. (Daily Nation)
