Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has maintained that the country must consider hosting a referendum for adopting the new constitution along the 2016 general elections. And YALI has commended Government for finally releasing the Final Draft Constitution saying it is a step in the right direction. YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza has told QFM News in an interview that while ...

Chipolopolo host Cote d’Ivoire in a friendly at National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka on Saturday to mark Zambia’s 50th independence anniversary that falls on October 24. As this is not a Fifa date, both teams have fielded a mix of home-based players and junior internationals with an eye on the future. The match will also see the first time ex-Chipolopolo ...

The opposition Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) has charged that the people plotting to remove UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema from party leadership are aiming to kill the UPND. ZDDM President Edwin Sakala has told QFM News in a statement that this is so because they know that there are very few Zambians who can sacrifice their lives and hard earned ...

Government has expressed shock at the death of twenty six people comprising of pupils and teachers from Henga School in Gwembe have perished after their boat capsized on Lake Kariba in Gwembe district yesterday. Government has since dispatched Zambia army and Zambia police divers to Lake Kariba to help retrieve the bodies. Chief Government Spokesperson Joseph Katema has told QFM ...

Egypt has declared a three-month state of emergency in parts of the Sinai Peninsula after at least 31 soldiers were killed in two attacks there. President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has declared three days of mourning in the wake of the suspected jihadist attacks. Egypt’s Rafah crossing into the Gaza Strip was also closed, state TV said. It was the biggest ...

National Restoration party (NAREP) president Elias Chipimo Junior has commended government for releasing the draft constitution. Mr. Chipimo has told QFM News in an interview that the move is a step   direction as this   shows that government has the will to fulfill its promise to giving Zambians a people driven constitution. Mr. Chipimo says it now incumbent upon government to provide a ...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) President Edith Nawakwi says Zambians are missing President Michael Sata. Ms. Nawakwi has told qfm news in an interview that President Michael Sata has a unique and special way in which he brings Zambians together. Ms. Nawakwi says it is in this regard that her party will continue to pray for the quick recovery ...

About twenty three people including children in Gwembe are feared dead after the boat they were in collided with a banana boat yesterday in Lake Kariba. Sources from Gwembe have told QFM News in a telephone interview that the people are believed to have been going to some nearby place to celebrate the 50 years Golden Jubilee. The sources have furthermore disclosed ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of disputes (SACCORD) says Zambia’s Golden Jubilee has turned a new page in the country’s history where the old guard will now have to give way for the new generation. Executive Director Boniface Cheembe has suggested that this means that the issue of blaming the old guard for what has happened in ...

Dozens of people are being monitored in Mali after the country confirmed its first case of Ebola. The patient is a two-year-old girl who recently arrived from Guinea, which along with Liberia and Sierra Leone has seen most of the 4,800 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was sending more experts to Mali to help contain the outbreak. ...