LUSAKA  Hombre Nike Hyperdunk X Negras Blancas España , May 30 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government said on Tuesday that it will not scrap a 10-percent tax slapped on maize export despite concerns from stakeholders.

Farmers and grain traders have asked the government to remove the tax in order to allow the country's maize to be more competitive on the regional market.

Minister of Agriculture Dora Siliya said the government will not scrap the tax as it wanted to encourage the export of maize products such as mealie meal to create jobs for local people.

The government, she said, was encouraging value addition to maize in order to allow export of finished products so that the country could increase revenue.

Exporting raw materials such as maize grains was tantamount to creating jobs in other countries, she added.

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU)  Hombre Nike React Hyperdunk Flyknit Pale Grises Plata España , an association representing farmers, and the Grain Traders Association of Zambia (GTAZ) have expressed concern that the tax was a barrier to trade and making the country's maize uncompetitive in the region as it was considered expensive.

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HARARE, June 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 43 people died Wednesday evening when a Zambia-bound bus they were travelling in overturned in the Hurungwe area along the Chirundu highway, more than 200 km from Zimbabwe's capital city Harare.

Police spokesperson Charity Charamba told national radio that several other passengers were injured after the bus driver failed to negotiate a curve and hit a tree  Hombre Nike Odyssey React Negras Blancas España , resulting in the bus overturning.

Charamba said the driver was probably speeding, given that he failed to negotiate the curve.

She called on authorities to make it mandatory that buses should not travel at night to curb accidents on the country's narrow highways.

President Robert Mugabe recently broke the ground for the dualization of the one of Southern Africa's main trunk roads, the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway in a development that will make travelling there safer.

Many accidents have occurred on the highway, especially on the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge legs  Mujer Nike Epic React Flyknit Grises Blancas España , with at least 150 people dying in those involving buses between 2014 and 2016.

The highway was built during the time of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now independent states of Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi) between 1953 and 1963 and is part of the North-South Corridor as described by regional economic blocs.

The accident occurred about two months after another 31 passengers died when a South Africa-bound bus side-swiped a haulage truck about 220 km from Harare on the Masvingo Road, causing both vehicles to catch fire. The dead had to be identified through DNA tests after their bodies were burnt beyond recognition.

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NICOSIA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Cyprus's economic adjustment program is on track, according to a European Commission (EC) internal working document prepared ahead of the disbursement of the next loan tranche by international lenders.

The document, made available in Nicosia on Tuesday  Hombre Nike Hyperadapt 1.0 Tinker Azules Negras España , prepares the way for the release of 600 million euros by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and 86 million euros by the International Monetary Fund.

The Eurogroup is expected to give the go ahead for the release of the money by June 16.

About 165 million euros will finance the state budget and the rest will re-finance maturing foreign debt.

Cyprus received a 10-billion euro bailout by the Eurogroup and the IMF in March 2013 after accepting a world-first bail-in of its primary bank, which also took on the assets of a failing lender which was wound down.

The EC document, prepared after the fourth review of the Cypriot economy, said the eastern Mediterranean island's fiscal targets met up to now with a considerable margin.

It also said that the banking system has met its targets of recapitalizing and restructuring  Hombre Nike Hyperadapt 1.0 Negras Blancas España , including the recapitalization and consolidation of the cooperative credit sector.

"This has allowed for a significant liberalization of domestic payment restrictions, in line with the government's roadmap. The authorities have also taken steps toward implementing their ambitious structural reform agenda," the document said

Cypriot authorities abolished all internal bank transaction restrictions at the end of May, leaving only international money transfer controls in place. They are scheduled to be lifted by the end of this year.

The document said the need to readjust foreign debt will act as an impediment to economic growth.

However  Hombre Nike Hyperadapt 1.0 Plata METALLIC Plata Negras España , the EC said dangers to the prospects of the economy were considerably reduced.

It concluded that structural reforms have proceeded well, but some of them have to be speeded up, including plans to privatize state-owned enterprises and introducing a national health system.

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