Concerns raised by the United Party for National Development (UPND) over what it has described as contradictory results published by the Electoral Commission of Zambia on their website and ZNBC have delayed the announcement of results from remaining constituencies. The ECZ was scheduled to announce latest election results by 11:00 hours in addition to the ones released last night which ...

Singer Rihanna has won a legal battle against high street store Topshop over a T-shirt bearing her image. The Court of Appeal in London upheld a ban on the store selling a sleeveless T-shirt featuring a photo of the star without obtaining her permission. In the first successful celebrity case of its kind, three appeal judges agreed marketing the item ...

Zambia coach Honour Janza has criticised his team for selfish play after they were beaten 2-1 by Tunisia at the Africa Cup of Nations. The Copper Bullets missed several excellent chances before they were undone by two late goals, to leave them bottom of Group B. “Playing as a team in the last third is the most important thing,” Janza ...

Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has died, royal officials have announced, weeks after he was admitted to hospital. King Abdullah, who was said to be aged about 90, had been suffering from a lung infection. A statement early on Friday said his 79-year-old half brother, Salman, had become king. Abdullah came to the throne in 2005 but had suffered frequent ...

A Senior Blind Citizen Elijah Ngwale has advised both international and local election observers to stop over-praising the Electoral Commission of Zambia for the manner elections have been conducted even before full results are announced. Mr. Ngwale has told QFM News in a telephone interview that there is need for election observers to desist from issuing such praises. He says ...

Muchinga Province Minister Gerry Chanda has thanked the people of Muchinga Province for taking time to vote in Monday’s presidential election. Mr. Chanda says the people of Muchinga, despite being busy with farming activities spared time to go and cast their votes. Mr. Chanda says though the turnout has not been overwhelming, it must be noted that people in certain ...

Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba says the Kwacha is on course to regaining its stability and resilience. In a treasury brief, Mr Yamba says the Kwacha has posted a 1.3 % gain week-on-week performance. Mr Yamba says over the last few weeks there have been pockets of pressure on the local currency due to the strong international performance of ...

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala says the dismembering of the opposition MMD is one of the proven political disasters the January 20th presidential election has brought to Zambia’s democracy. Mr. Changala says the holding of this year’s presidential election has led to the destruction and ransacking of the MMD by other political parties. He says this has been made possible ...

The Zambia Center for Inter Party Dialogue (ZCID) says the continued release of Parallel Voter Tabulation (PVT) presidential results by some stakeholders is recipe for anarchy. ZCID Executive Director Horrance Chilando says supporters of certain political parties may not accept the final results announced by ECZ if the release of PVT results continues because they will have in mind results ...

Patriotic Front President Edgar Lungu is still leading but opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) Leader Hakainde Hichilema appears to be narrowing the gap. Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chairperson Ireen Mambilima has announced that Mr. Lungu has 670, 397 votes against 641, 343 for Mr. Hichilema after results from 111 of the 150 constituencies representing 48.87% and 46.75% ...