An infant in Chongwe has been burnt to death after a house he was sleeping in caught fire. The inferno occurred yesterday June13, 2018 around 20:00hrs in Rufunsa District. Police Assistant Public Relations Officer Godfrey Chilabi said police in Chongwe received a report in which a house caught fire leaving a male child aged 2 […]
Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili has apologised to the Speaker of the National Assembly and to Minister of Home Affairs, and Shiwangandu Member of Parliament, Stephen Kampyongo for making unsubstantiated allegations. In the last sitting Chishimba Kambwili, told Parliament that Kampyongo was rewarded with a Toyota Hilux, for giving a K420 million Fire tender. […]
US President Donald Trump says his historic talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that ended in a joint agreement were “tremendous”. The signed document includes a pledge from Mr Kim to rid the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons. But in an extraordinary media conference later, Mr Trump announced details not in the paper. He […]
A rescue vessel carrying 629 migrants is stranded in the Mediterranean after Italy’s new interior minister refused permission for it to dock. Matteo Salvini, leader of the right-wing League, said Malta should accept the Aquarius but he was rejected. Malta says the German charity SOS Méditerranée picked up the migrants in Libyan waters, which means […]
A US special forces soldier has been killed in an attack by suspected al-Shabab militants in southern Somalia, officials say. Four other US soldiers and a Somali soldier were wounded in what appears to have been an ambush north of the port of Kismayo, US defence officials added. The American forces were operating alongside Somali […]
The Electoral Commission of Zambia has set Tuesday 26th June as the date for the begining of campaigns for the Mayoral elections in Lusaka and Council Chairpersons’ elections in Chasefu, Chipangali, Kasenengwa, Lumezi, Lusangazi and Chifunabuli Districts. In a statement released to the media, ECZ said that the campaign will start after 15:00 hrs on […]
Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says the University of Zambia Great East road campus is harboring criminals going by some students riotous behavior. Commenting on Saturday’s riots that erupted following power failure at the institution. Mr Lusambo said that type of behavior is associated with criminals and not intellectuals. He said he will be having […]
The Health Professions Council of Zambia has withdrawn the approval certificates for training programmes offered at Lusaka Apex Medical University and three other programmes at Cavendish University. Association Registrar Dr Aaron Mujajati said that the withdrawal has come about because Apex Medical University dean doesn’t have post graduate qualifications which is against the standards of the […]
Zimbabwe made a defensively confident Zambia pay in stoppage time of the second half to snatch an equalizer after the 90 minutes to convincingly beat Chipolopolo 4-2 in extra-time in the 2018 COSAFA Cup final played at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane. This is after Zambia had come from one-down when Philana Kadewere punished Ziyo […]
Zambia ‘s Ambassador to Ethiopia Susan Sikaneta says the Zambia’s ratification of the African Charter on Governance , election and Human Rights is a clear indication of Governments resolve of upholding tenets of democracy and good governance. Speaking when a consortium of Civil Society Organizations in Africa under the hospices of Action Aid paid a […]
Alice Nachilembe
