Some 45,000 mainly Syrian Kurds have crossed into Turkey in the past 24 hours, officials say, as Islamic State militants advance in northern Syria. Turkey opened its border on Friday to Syrians who had fled the Kurdish town of Kobane in fear of an IS attack. Activists say some 300 Kurdish fighters have crossed into Syria from Turkey to help ...

The Southern African Center for the Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has called for transparency in all negotiation meetings being held between government and other stakeholders ahead of the enactment of the country’s new constitution. SACCORD’s call follows the recent meeting which Justice Minister and ruling Patriotic Front Secretary General Edgar Lungu and the Grand Coalition of the Demand for a ...

Opposition UPND Lubwa Ward Youth Chairperson Chisankama Mudenda has urged the ruling PF to pray to God for forgiveness for not governing under the Ten Commandments that President Michael Sata promised that the country will be governed. Mr. Mudenda says his party believes that God is now pushing the ruling party for forsaking its promise of governing the country under ...

The Zambia Tourism Board (ZTB) says there is urgent need for the country to address the challenges that the tourism sector is facing. ZTB Managing Director Felix Chaila says as long as the challenges the sector is facing are not addressed, the growth tourism industry will be hindered. He notes that the challenges that are both internal and external are ...

Republican Vice president Guy Scott says President Michael Sata is not being forced by anyone in government to continue working despite widespread fears that he is unknown and that he should take a rest. Dr. Scott says if President Sata has chose to continue working despite calls that he takes a rest from his presidential duties to recuperate from his ...

Police in Kalomo has launched a manhunt for a Bread of Life pastor who is on the run and believed to have administered a poisonous liquid substance to a 51 year man of chief Simwatachela’s area of Zimba district who died on the spot last week. The incident is said to have happened during an effort to exorcise his suspected ...

The Non Governmental Organizations Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has noted with sadness the defilement of a nine- month old girl of Kulundu Township in Monze by an unknown person. NGOCC Executive Director Engwase Mwale has told Qfm news in a statement that her organization is particularly distressed because this incident comes only a day after another man was reported to have ...

Attorney General Musa Mwenye says the current negotiations on enactment of a new constitution between government and other stakeholders should be given a chance to bear fruits. Justice Minister and PF Secretary General Edgar Lungu recently held an in-camera meeting on the constitution with members of the Grand Coalition on the Demand for a People Driven Constitution and he is ...

Government says it attaches great importance to the welfare of the girls and women regardless of their social status, religion or belief. Speaking at re-launch of the Nowspar and Stan-chart goal project in Lusaka today, Ministry of Education deputy Permanent Secretary Christine Mayondi says it is the duty of government to support programs such as goal girls project because they ...

The opposition Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) has observed that the spectacle of President Michael Sata struggling to go through his written speech during the official opening of Parliament on Friday yesterday only shows how uncaring the nation has become as a people. ED president Frederick Mutesa says President Sata’s state of health eclipsed whatever he was trying to ...