Three children have been killed after a building collapsed at a nursery school in northern China, state media says. The children were taken to hospital but died of their injuries, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. Three other children were injured in the incident, in Yongqing county, in Hebei province, Xinhua added. Safety standards of school buildings have been ...

The opposition Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) has observed that it is not coincidental that eleven political parties have shown interest to contest the 2015 presidential election. ZDDM president Edwin Sakala says it is actually God that is sending a message through the ZDDM to the people of Zambia who are also football lovers. In a statement to Qfm News ...

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has refuted assertions by Secretary to the Cabinet Roland Msiska that government has asserted the requisite public service retirement age from 55 to 65 years. PF Secretary General Davis Chama has clarified that there has been no formal conclusiveness between government and Cabinet Office on the alleged asserted 65 years retirement age. In a statement ...

Patriotic Front (PF) presidential candidate Edgar Lungu has promised to listen to everything that the people of Zambia instruct him to do once he is elected President. Mr. Lungu says he will do everything that the people of Zambia want him to do because as leader he is a servant of the people and therefore must listen to them. Speaking ...

Opposition UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has asked Zambians to use problems they are currently going through under the PF government influence their vote on the polling day of the 2015 presidential election. Mr. Hichilema cautioned that if Zambians do not keep in mind the alleged problems they are going through when casting their vote they risk voting for a person ...

United Nations members have reached an agreement on how countries should tackle climate change. Delegates have approved a framework for setting national pledges to be submitted to a summit next year. Differences over the draft text caused the talks in Lima, Peru, to overrun by two days. Environmental groups have criticised the deal as a weak and ineffectual compromise, saying ...

The Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Presidential Candidate Rupiah Banda received an exuberant welcome from supporters during visits to numerous markets in the Kasama area of Northern Province today. Among the stops on the campaign tour was a visit to pay respects at the palace of the Paramount Chief Chitimukulu Henry Sosala. The Chitimukulu reminded all those present that traditional ...

Opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema is today Sunday the 14th of December expected to conduct what has been termed as campaign-defining rally in Kasama. This is after 6 days of Mr. Hichilema’s campaigning in Muchinga, Northern and Luapula Provinces alongside among others the MMD Lunte Member of Parliament Felix Mutati, UPND National Chairperson Mutale Nalumango, and former Minister of Finance ...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) leader Edith Nawakwi says her no number one priority when elected President in the forthcoming by elections will be the Constitution. Ms. Nawakwi says she thinks the Constitution is key to igniting of development in any country hence her insistence on the national document. Speaking when she featured on a live program at Mansa’s ...

Political scientist Alex Ng’oma says it has now become difficult to predict whether or not the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) can use the advantage of incumbency to win the 2015 presidential election. Dr. Ng’oma says currently there is no basis on which to predict which political party will win the election. In an interview with Qfm News Dr. Ng’oma notes ...