Government has reassured foreign investors that Zambia is still a safe and predicable investment destination. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister Robert Sichinga says events that have followed the passing of President Michael Sata should not create a cloud of uncertainty. Mr. Sichinga says investors should not be scared of investing in the country because government will manage the transition period ...

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has described 2014 as a year of mixed fortunes for farmers with many ups and downs which has entailed survival of the fittest. In her end of year message,ZNFU President Evelyn Nguleka says as farmers constantly strive to make adjustments in order to remain in business, government is an important partner in addressing policy ...

Common Cause Democracy President Abel Mtonga and National Party President Reverend Richard Kambulu have withdrawn from the January 20th Presidential election race. Addressing journalists at the Supreme Court this morning, Common Cause Democracy President Abel Mtonga says he is not ready to stand in January 20th polls but will attempt to do so in 2016. Mr. Mtonga has since endorsed ...

Moncef Marzouki has refused to admit defeat in Tunisia’s first free presidential election after exit polls suggested Beji Caid Essebsi had won. The caretaker president, a former exile, said his rival’s declaration of victory was “undemocratic”. Mr Essebsi, 88, has been celebrating with supporters, telling them all Tunisians now need to “work together”, and promising to bring stability. Critics say ...

A driver shouting the Islamic phrase “God is great” in Arabic has run down pedestrians in Dijon, France, injuring 11, two seriously, French media say. He was arrested after targeting pedestrians in five different parts of the city in the space of half an hour. He is said to be “apparently imbalanced” and to have spent time in a psychiatric ...

The man who shot dead two New York police officers told members of the public “watch what I’m going to do” shortly before the attack, police say. Ismaaiyl Brinsley, 28, had a history of violence and mental instability. Candlelit vigils have been held in New York in memory of the two officers, Liu Wenjin and Raphael Ramos. Brinsley shot them ...

LL Cool J and Canibus had what is commonly considered one of the biggest beefs in rap with a feud that included classic dis tracks “2nd Round K.O.” and “The Ripper Strikes Back.” But, on Friday (December 19), the two MCs revisited and squashed their 17-year-old beef by performing the cut that started it all between them, “4, 3, 2, ...

Nicki Minaj appeared to go back-and-forth with her rumored ex Safaree Samuels on Twitter Saturday (December 20) and it wasn’t pretty. “Even when I try to protect people, they still try to take advantage of me,” Nicki said in a series of since-deleted tweets that were published via Vibe. “Haven’t you learned that God is in control? Stop while you’re ...

Zambia vice-captain Nathan Sinkala is backing the Chipolopolo prospects to shine, if picked for Afcon 2015. Sinkala said in Lusaka on Thursday that it was his duty like any other senior player to mentor the new boys, as Zambia head to the starting point of their 2012 triumph in Equatorial Guinea, where he also made his tournament debut and played ...

Midfielder Kondwani Mtonga, is set to end his six month Zambia exile when Chipolopolo regroup on December 26 for their final stage of pre-2015 Africa Cup of Nations camping. The 28-year-old defensive midfielder is due to return as Honour Janza seeks to broaden his options at the back after Nyambe Mulenga was ruled out with a broken leg. “We are ...