Portuguese great Luis Figo has become the latest shock candidate for the role of Fifa president. The former Sporting Lisbon, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan forward, 42, joins David Ginola in the race to replace Sepp Blatter as boss of world football’s governing body. Prince Ali of Jordan, Dutchman Michael van Praag and Jerome Champagne are also would-be presidential ...

President Edgar Lungu has with immediate effect fired Attorney-General Musa Mwenye. President Lungu’s decision is pursuant to Article 54 (5) of the Constitution of Zambia. In a letter signed today, the President has thanked Mr. Mwenya for the services rendered to the nation. Meanwhile President Lungu has appointed Major-General David Muma as Deputy Commander of the Zambia Airforce. President Lungu ...

Helen Macdonald’s memoir H is for Hawk has been named Costa Book of the Year. The book is the author’s personal account of training a goshawk as a way of dealing with grief following her father’s death. The £30,000 prize aims to honour outstanding books by authors based in the UK and Ireland and was previously called the Whitbread award. ...

New Greek PM Alexis Tsipras says his country will not default on its debts. Addressing his first cabinet meeting since Sunday’s victory, Mr Tsipras said he would negotiate with creditors over the €240bn (£179bn; $270bn) bailout. “We won’t get into a mutually destructive clash, but we will not continue a policy of subjection,” said the left-wing Syriza party leader. The ...

New Greek PM Alexis Tsipras says his country will not default on its debts. Addressing his first cabinet meeting since Sunday’s victory, Mr Tsipras said he would negotiate with creditors over the €240bn (£179bn; $270bn) bailout. “We won’t get into a mutually destructive clash, but we will not continue a policy of subjection,” said the left-wing Syriza party leader. The ...

Defending Faz Super League champions Zesco United on Tuesday left for DR Congo for a ten-day training camp. Zesco will set-up base in Lubumbashi as guests of DR Congo champions TP Mazembe. “The team will return home on February 4,” Zesco spokesperson Chengo Katebe said. “We are taking with us a 25-man team and while there, we will participate in ...

The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says it supports intentions by Republican President Edgar Lungu to find ways of avoiding by-elections in order to cut costs. ZCTU Secretary General Cosmas Mukuka in a statement says the union fully supports such intentions considering that the country has various developmental needs which deserve government funding but have suffered due to the ...

The United Party for National Development (UPND) says it is appalled with the level of violence, hate speech, ridicule, and intimidation those suspected to have voted for UPND candidate Hakainde Hichilema have been subjected to following the just ended presidential election. UPND National Chairperson Mutale Nalumango in a statement says whereas the party is aggrieved with the manner the election ...

The Bemba Royal Establishment (BRE) has extolled Republican President Edgar Lungu for honoring his campaign promise to recognize Henry Kanyanta Sosala as Paramount Chief Chitimukulu of the Bemba speaking people. BRE Spokesperson Washanga Impika Shalubemba has told QFM News in a telephone interview that the move has been long overdue and that it is a positive response from President Lungu. ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has directed the Zambia Police Service to put a stop to the violence perpetrated by UPND and PF cadres. And President Lungu has announced that Vice President Inonge Wina will act as Republican President when he leaves for the African Union summit in Ethiopia tomorrow. President Lungu says Police should move into Southern Province and control ...