By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The Ministry of Agriculture in Luanshya District is set to begin sensitising farmers on the minor adjustments to the Farmer Input Support Program (FISP) ahead of the 2022/2023 farming season. Luanshya District Commissioner, Onesimus Ng’onomo, said the farmers will be sensitised on the changes which include the movement from operating as farming […]

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA The 1.6 million dollar repair works on the damaged Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) Railway line bridge across Chambeshi River in Kanchibiya district of Muchinga Province has been completed. TAZARA Regional Manager Kambani Ndlovu briefed Muchinga Province Permanent Secretary Henry Mukungule when he visited the project site today that the contractor is […]

A Kenyan woman whose story of cruelty at the hands of an employer in Saudi Arabia had angered many has arrived back home. Diana Chepkemoi had an emotional reunion with her family and supporters on Tuesday afternoon at the main airport in the capital, Nairobi. “I left Kenya to go to Saudi Arabia with the […]

The popular Nyege Nyege music festival in Uganda will go ahead as planned after the government and organisers agreed that strict guidelines would be implemented. Critics, including several MPs and the speaker of parliament, had called for its cancellation saying the annual festival was promoting immorality. Some said it was a “breeding ground for sexual […]

Kenya’s President-elect William Ruto says the outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta has not seen it fit to congratulate him for his election win. “I have won the elections, that is what is important… Unfortunately, President Kenyatta has not seen it fit to congratulate me but I think that’s fine. Maybe he is a bit disillusioned, or […]

By Staff Writer Minister of Information and Media, Chushi Kasanda has described the late former cabinet Minister, Mbambo Sianga as an accomplished politician who dedicated his life to service. Mr Sianga served in various portfolios which led to his promotion as Cabinet Minister during the UNIP government from 1980 to 1991. And, Speaking during a […]

By Mercy Chewe  A local government by-election is looming in Kalabo District of the Western Province following the resignation of a ward councilor elected on the United Party for National Development (UPND) ticket in the 2021 general election. Mr Kaselo Kawewe has resigned as Muchatanga Ward Councilor of Kalabo Central Constituency, in Kalabo District. Kalabo […]

By Staff Writer A 29-year-old University of Zambia (UNZA) student has been arrested for forging her Joint Certificate and General Certificate of Examination (GCE) statements. Patience Manase of Meanwood Ibex used the forged documents to enroll at UNZA. Manase is also alleged to have used the same documents between 2016 and 2019 to get a […]

Kenya’s Supreme Court is expected to deliver its judgement on the challenge to the outcome of last month’s hotly contested presidential poll. The electoral commission declared Deputy President William Ruto winner with 7.1 million votes, but his rival, veteran politician Raila Odinga, who came second with 6.9 million, disputed the results. Security has been beefed […]

The leader of Burkina Faso’s military junta has hailed ongoing talks with armed jihadist groups in the country, saying the progress is “beyond what was expected”. The talks are part of ongoing national dialogue with local armed groups controlling swathes of territory in the country In a televised address on Sunday, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba […]