The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) says it is possible for the country to have a female president. EFZ Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza says there would be nothing wrong for the country to have a female president, stating that women can run the country as good as the men. Reverend Mwanza says women have proved to be capable of holding ...

Alliance for Better Zambia (ABZ) president Father Frank Bwalya has charged that there is need for the country to have a clear law to separate government institutions from being used for political party functions. Father Bwalya has told Qfm news in a telephone interview that it is unfortunate that the Patriotic Front is using Cabinet Office as the nomination centre ...

Political analyst Alex Ng’oma says the number of presidential aspirants in the Patriotic Front is recipe for fragmentation. Dr Ngóma has told QFM News in an interview that while it is the right of every Zambian to aspire for public office, there is need for politicians to think through their decisions before taking the step. Dr Ngóma explains that the ...

Another 3ft (1m) of snow is expected to hit upstate New York after a massive snowstorm that left at least seven dead on Wednesday. Parts of the city of Buffalo are already under 5ft (1.5m) of snow. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called the snowstorm a “historic event” that would break records. Freezing temperatures have continued across all 50 US ...

Zambia beat Cape Verde 1-0 on Wednesday to settle scores against their Group F nemesis to wrap up their 2015 AFCON qualifying race. The home win at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola was sweet revenge for Zambia coach Honour Janza whose side only Group F loss came at the hands of Cape Verde. Cape Verde beat Zambia 2-1 in the ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has set December 17th,18th and 19th as nomination dates for the January 20th Presidential election. And the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has proposed to spend 344 million kwacha to conduct the January 20th Presidential election. ECZ Spokesperson Cris Akufuna says the nomination fee has been pegged at K10,000. Mr Akufuna says presidential candidates should ...

France has confirmed that a second Frenchman features in a video showing the beheading of Syrian prisoners, and a US hostage killed by Islamic State (IS). He has been identified by French media as Michael Dos Santos, 22, an Islamic convert from an eastern Paris suburb. Earlier, the government identified the first French militant as Maxime Hauchard, a convert from ...

The National Water Supply and Sanitation Council (NWASCO) has called for increased funding from government and cooperating partners to the water sector to improve access to adequate sanitation which is a time bomb. NWASCO Public Relations officer Rose Tembo says as the country joins the rest of the world in commemorating World Toilet Day which falls today19th November, 2014, only ...

Kabwata constituency aspiring Member of Parliament Clement Tembo has commended area Member of Parliament GIven Lubinda for his decision to aspire to become the PF president. Mr. Tembo has told Qfm news in a walk-in interview that the move by Mr. Lubinda who has filed his nominations for the PF presidency, is a step in the right direction considering that ...

The MMD in Northern Province has advised former republican President Rupiah Banda to continue enjoying his retirement package stop causing confusion in the party. Provincial publicity and information Secretary Cephas Bwalya has told Qfm news in a telephone interview that party members in Northern Province are extremely disappointed to learn of the decision of the MMD National Executive Committee to ...