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Lilongwe. – Local news agency, New Ziana, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Malawi News Agency aimed at cooperating in the exchange of news.
The MoU was part of nine agreements covering Local Government, Women Empowerment, Community Development and Gender Affairs, Information and Broadcasting, Energy Cooperation, Forestry Management, Police and Immigration Cooperation signed during President Mnangagwa’s three-day State visit to Malawi.
President Mnangagwa and his Malawian counterpart President Lazarus Chakwera witnessed the signing of the MOUs.
Zimbabwe Mass Media Trust executive secretary Ray Mungoshi signed the MOU on behalf of New Ziana.
The MoU is expected to pave way for exchanging news, as well as training of staff from the two countries.
President Mnangagwa’s visit was preceded by the Zimbabwe-Malawi Joint Permanent Commission on Cooperation (JPCC) in Lilongwe, which sought to revitalise economic cooperation between the two Southern African Development Community countries.
Zimbabwe and Malawi enjoy cordial bilateral relations.
Last month, Zimbabwe sent food and other humanitarian assistance to Malawi after it was struck by the devastating Cyclone Freddy, which killed scores of people, and displaced hundreds of thousands. – New Ziana.
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