By CLOZZEN BIKALE Solwezi Municipal Council has reaffirmed its call to have all structures belt along the Water sources be demolished. Solwezi Mayor Remmy Kalepa has directed the Solwezi Municipal Council, Water Resources management Authority (WARMA) and all government line ministries to work together and ensuring that all structures belt in water sensitive areas in […]

A Russian journalist who burst on to a live TV news programme to protest against the war in Ukraine has been reported missing overnight. Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at state-controlled Channel 1, was detained after she ran on to the set on Monday holding an anti-war sign. The sign, clearly visible for a few seconds, […]

By CLOZZEN BIKALE Former ruling party MMD members in Solwezi District have described late President Rupiah Banda as a state’s Man and a unifier for the country. One of the officials, Tapson Kasonso who was MMD Solwezi Central Constituency youth Chairperson said Mr Banda was a man who had the heart for all Zambians. Mr […]

President Hakainde Hichilema says it is difficult to drive Africa’s economic agenda without peace and stability on the continent. Mr Hichilema said this is because wars make it difficult for governments to deliver to their people’s expectations. Speaking when he met Somali Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdisaid Muse Ali at state house, […]

The number of people known to have died in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 75. The train derailed and fell into a ditch in the south-eastern village of Buyofwe on Thursday. It was a freight service but carried hundreds of stowaways. The information ministry said 125 people were […]

Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has banned the export of foodstuffs that the country imports, the state news agency has said. The commodities include sugar, oil, pasta, semolina and wheat derivatives. A source is quoted by the agency as saying that the president called it economic sabotage to sell commodities that the country does not produce […]

By MAIMBO MEEMBA The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has approved the 2021 CDF projects for Kamfinsa and Kwacha Constituencies in Kitwe. Kitwe City Council Public Relations Manager Chola Mwamba said Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Garry Nkombo approved various community projects to be funded by the 2021 Constituency Development Fund […]

By Maimbo Mweemba President Hakainde Hichilema has encouraged the nation to mourn Fourth President Rupiah Banda in unity and with dignity, respect and put aside any divisive issues. President Hichilema says to attain this; he has reached out to Former President Edgar Lungu to mourn with him the gallant son of the soil whose legacy […]