{"id":931,"date":"2021-06-16T20:46:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?p=931"},"modified":"2021-06-16T20:45:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T20:45:51","slug":"its-all-fake-news-complains-president-of-zambia-about-devastating-media-expose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/its-all-fake-news-complains-president-of-zambia-about-devastating-media-expose","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s All Fake News\u201d Complains President Of Zambia About Devastating Media Expose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Fake News!<br \/>\nNo, that\u2019s not our President condemning the critical voices of media. That troubling phrase was deployed by Zambian President Edgar Lungu, complaining about local coverage of the plunder of valuable, increasingly scarce Mukula rosewood trees \u2013 and hence, the destruction of Zambia\u2019s vulnerable forests.<br \/>\nPresident Lungu was particularly incensed by a report naming the President himself, his daughter, Tasila, and several high-ranking ministers for allegedly trafficking the rare and valuable rosewood to eager buyers in China.<br \/>\nAuthors of the \u201cMukula Cartel\u201d \u2013 the UK- and US-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) \u2013 estimate the illegal trade generates around $7.5 million in bribes and \u201cinformal fees\u201d per year.<br \/>\n\u201cIf not dismantled, this Mukula Cartel has the power to derail the international protection recently granted to the rare African trees,\u201d warned the EIA. \u201cAt the current rate of exploitation, the rosewood species may soon be extinct.\u201d<br \/>\nAs the Zambian leader was making an appearance at the recent Climate Summit in Madrid, Zambians at home were devouring news of the so-called Mukula Cartel.<br \/>\n\u201cMukula Cartel is Fake News,\u201d the President protested. Scolding reporters, he ordered them to \u201creturn to professional reporting.\u201d<br \/>\nIllicit and unsustainable harvesting of this precious timber has led to the destruction of Zambian forests, with environmental activists and the international community warning of a looming extinction.<br \/>\nZambia\u2019s deforestation rate is the highest in Africa and fifth globally, with an average loss of between 250,000 and 300,000 hectares of forest every year, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.<br \/>\nPresidential spokesman Isaac Chipampe also struck back at the charges, repeating the president\u2019s claim that the country \u201cis being polluted daily with lies that have the potential to endanger peace in the country.\u201d<br \/>\nBut Rueben Lifuka, president of Transparency International Zambia said: \u201cIt is imperative that the claims made in this report are investigated by multiple agencies and offices\u2026 the sale of Zambia\u2019s natural resources benefits only a few people at the highest level of the government.\u201d<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Zambian hip hop singer and recording artist Pilato remains behind bars since his arrest after arriving at Kenneth Kaunda Airport in Lusaka last May. He had fled the country in January over death threats regarding his latest song Koswe Mumpoto (rat in the pot) which the President\u2019s party, the Patriotic Front, considered insulting.<br \/>\nAn \u201curgent action\u201d campaign to release Pilato (real name Fumba Chama) can be found at Amnesty.org \u2013 the website of Amnesty International. The name Pilato written as PilAto is an acronym for \u201cPeople in Lyrical Arena Taking Over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: Global Information Network<br \/>\nFacebookTwitterShare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. Fake News! No, that\u2019s not our President condemning the critical voices of media. That troubling phrase was deployed by Zambian President Edgar Lungu, complaining about local coverage of the plunder of valuable, increasingly scarce Mukula rosewood trees \u2013 and hence, the destruction of Zambia\u2019s vulnerable forests. 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