By Staff Writer Police in Lusaka have picked a body of a man suspected to have been murdered by unknown criminals. The suspected murder is alleged have occurred between August 29, 2022 at 17:00 hours and August 30, 2022 at 07:00 hours in Salama park. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said Raphael Lesa of unknown house […]

Judges of Kenya’s Supreme Court have ordered the electoral commission to grant party agents of presidential candidate Raila Odinga supervised access to computer servers that were used for transmission and storage of voting data. The court also gave a 48-hour order for scrutiny and recount of votes from 15 polling stations as part of an […]

Portugal’s health minister has resigned hours after reports emerged that a pregnant tourist had died after being turned away from a full maternity ward. The 34-year-old Indian woman reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest while being transferred between Lisbon hospitals. It follows a string of incidents this summer that critics blame on a staffing crisis across […]

A Zambia Airforce Force (ZAF) Warrant Officer Class 1 has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Commission for possession of properties suspected to be proceeds of crime worth over K7, 720,000. Albert Likezo Siyunda, aged 54 of New Kasama in Lusaka, in Charge of cashiers at the Zambia Airforce Headquarters, was arrested and charged with seven […]

Tanzania has launched a four-day real estate census to determine the number of buildings, ownership, cost and availability of basic infrastructure in the country. This is addition to the population census that started last week. The data from the real estate census will assist in improving housing policy, the authorities say. In the 2012 population […]

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Transparency International Zambia (TI-Z) has called on the Spokesperson at the Ministry of Information and Media Thabo Kawana to exculpate himself in the eyes of the public through retracting his statement that the PF regime procured K9.885 million motor bikes for the Ministry of Community Development and social services. TIZ President Sampa […]

By MAIMBO MWEEMBA Attorney General Mulilo Kabesha says the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) acted within the law by rejecting the nominations of former Kabushi Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo and his kwacha counterpart Joseph Malanji because they are not qualified. General Kabesha has since advised those that are not clear about the law regarding […]

At least 23 people have been killed in some of the worst fighting for years in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, sparked by a key leader’s decision to quit politics. Gunshots and rocket-fire rang out as supporters of Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr clashed with security forces and militias aligned with Iran. Mr Sadr has ordered his […]

Indeni Petroleum Refinery workers in Ndola have threatened to protest if government does not pay them their benefits. The workers who spoke on condition of being anonymous said they will have no choice but to protest if government does not pay them their redundancy packages by today. “According to the labour laws of Zambia,when somone […]

By Mercy Chewe The Shepolopolo Zambia squad is settling down in South Africa ahead of the COSAFA Women’s Championship that runs from August 31 -11 September. The team travelled to South African Monday and arrived later in the afternoon. Coach Bruce Mwape has carried 23-players to South Africa. Captain and striker Barbra Banda is leading […]