{"id":25595,"date":"2022-07-02T00:38:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T00:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh"},"modified":"2022-07-02T00:58:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T00:58:50","slug":"zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh","title":{"rendered":"Zambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>In his address to Members of the European Parliament, President Hakainde Hichilema thanked the European Parliament for its support, advocated closer relations with the EU and condemned the war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cZambia is back in business, in the Champions league\u201d, President Hichilema said, referring to the results of country\u2019s most recent elections.<\/p>\n

He reiterated Zambia\u2019s commitment to put people\u2019s interests, reforms, free media, the rule of law, youth and education at the top of his political agenda. He advocated for enhanced Africa- EU cooperation, more trade, and more exchange of knowledge.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe categorically say no to the war in Ukraine. It is tragic and heart-breaking to witness the thousands of lives lost and millions displaced unnecessarily, as a result of an avoidable conflict in Ukraine\u201d, President Hichilema said, while speaking about peace and security in the world.<\/p>\n

He added that the impact of the war is felt in his country in the form of higher fuel, food and fertilizers prices, and he urged all parties to focus more on improving the lives of people, not waging war.<\/p>\n

President Hichilema also offered his help in overcoming food shortages. President Hichilema also expressed his profound gratitude for the support of the European Parliament for him and for Zambia during his incarceration and the dark days of Zambia\u2019s democratic development.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remain indebted to you for standing up for human rights and freedom of all people in Zambia\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

Introducing President Hichilema European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said Zambia stands as an example of a mature democracy for the whole of the African continent.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow more than ever, in the current troubled geopolitical context and during Russia\u2019s efforts to increase its influence in Africa, Zambia\u2019s progress needs to be supported,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

President Metsola also reminded MEPs that back in 2017, Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the incarceration of President Hichilema on politically motivated charges.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zambia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. In his address to Members of the European Parliament, President Hakainde Hichilema thanked the European Parliament for its support, advocated closer relations with the EU and condemned the war against Ukraine. \u201cZambia is back in business, in the Champions league\u201d, President Hichilema said, referring to the results of country\u2019s most recent elections. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":25594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8,16],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-25595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nZambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In his address to Members of the European Parliament, President Hakainde Hichilema thanked the European Parliament for i ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In his address to Members of the European Parliament, President Hakainde Hichilema thanked the European Parliament for i ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-02T00:38:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-02T00:58:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_14.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"569\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-02T00:38:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-02T00:58:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh\"},\"wordCount\":339,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_14.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh\",\"name\":\"Zambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH - Zambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_14.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-02T00:38:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-02T00:58:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"In his address to Members of the European Parliament, President Hakainde Hichilema thanked the European Parliament for i ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_14.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_14.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":569,\"caption\":\"Zambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Zambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/\",\"name\":\"Zambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Zambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH - Zambia","description":"In his address to Members of the European Parliament, President Hakainde Hichilema thanked the European Parliament for i ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Zambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH","og_description":"In his address to Members of the European Parliament, President Hakainde Hichilema thanked the European Parliament for i ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh","og_site_name":"Zambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-07-02T00:38:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-07-02T00:58:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":569,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_14.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Zambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH","datePublished":"2022-07-02T00:38:10+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-02T00:58:50+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh"},"wordCount":339,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_14.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Zambia","Zambia"],"articleSection":["all news","economy","homepage-english","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh","name":"Zambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH - Zambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_14.jpg","datePublished":"2022-07-02T00:38:10+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-02T00:58:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"In his address to Members of the European Parliament, President Hakainde Hichilema thanked the European Parliament for i ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_14.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/07\/postQueueImg_14.jpg","width":800,"height":569,"caption":"Zambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-is-back-in-business-in-the-champions-league-hh#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Zambia is back in business, in the Champions league-HH"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/","name":"Zambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}