Former Church of God Overseer Bishop John Mambo has doubted genuineness in the people surrounding President Michael Sata. Bishop Mambo says President Sata should not have been subjected to opening the fourth session of the eleventh national assembly in the health state he appears to be in. Bishop Mambo notes that much as the President has a heart to work, ...

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has observed that Zambia has made significant strides in reaching vulnerable children with critical services in the fight against HIV/AIDS. USAID-Zambia HIV/AIDS Multispectral Team Leader Ky Lam says the strides have been made through programs funded by the Zambian government, the US government through the President’s Emergency Fund for Aids Relief (PEPFAR) ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) says government should not blame the youths for complaining over the problems the youths are facing in the country. YALI President Andrew Nthewewe say much as government is claiming to be making efforts in looking at the welfare of the youths, what government is doing is far from the promises that it made to ...

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 ...