Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of late US singer Whitney Houston, is in hospital in an unknown condition after being found unresponsive in a bathtub. Medical privacy laws mean information is restricted, but unconfirmed reports said she was in a medically induced coma to reduce swelling on the brain. Ms Brown, 21, was found on Saturday by her husband and a ...

  Novak Djokovic proved too strong for Andy Murray as he won a fifth Australian Open title in a punishing final. The Serb, ranked number one, came through 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-0 in three hours and 39 minutes. It was a third win over British number one Murray in a Melbourne final and brought him an eighth Grand ...

Jailed al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste has been deported from Egypt, state media say, and is flying to Cyprus. The Australian ex-BBC correspondent was arrested in December 2013 and imprisoned last June on charges that included spreading false news. He was jailed with two other al-Jazeera men – Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed. Presidential sources said Mr Fahmy would be deported ...

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has recommended to the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the former ruling party Movement for Multiparty and Democracy (MMD) to explicitly review their intra party rules of selecting presidential candidates. FODEP President Shepherd Chilombe says what happened in the two ruling political parties in selecting their presidential candidates in the recent held presidential by ...

President Edgar Lungu has been chosen at the request of warring parties in the South Sudan civil war to boost the on-going regional mediation efforts to end the conflict in that country. President Lungu, who met the two sides at the Sheraton Hotel on January 31, 2015, said Zambia is desirous to see an end to the rebellion that has ...

Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chairperson Irene Mambilima has been appointed as the country’s new Chief Justice. Justice Mambilima, whose substantive position is Deputy Chief Justice currently seconded to the ECZ as Chairperson, will take over from Acting Chief Justice Lombe Chibesakunda, who retires on full benefits. And President Edgar Lungu, who has made the appointment, has directed that Justice ...

The daughter of late American singer Whitney Houston has been found unresponsive in a bathtub in a home in Georgia, US police say. Bobbi Kristina Brown, 21, was found by her husband and a friend, police said. They immediately started resuscitating her until police and medics arrived. She was taken to a hospital in Roswell where she was said to ...

Japan has reacted with anger and defiance to a video appearing to show the beheading of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto by an Islamic State militant. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan “would not give in to terrorism” and that he would expand his support to countries fighting IS. IS has cited Japanese aid as a reason for the hostage taking. ...

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) in Shibuyunji District has supported party Secretary General Davis Chama’s analysis on Rainbow Party president Wynter Kabimba’s alleged fantasy of becoming the country’s next president. The PF Shibuyunji District believes this is because it is an act intended to trick people into believing something is real when in fact not. In a statement to Qfm ...

The opposition National Restoration Party (NAREP) has added its voice in refuting claims the just ended January 20th presidential election could have been a fraud. NAREP National Secretary Jervan Kamanga says having been personally involved in the presidential election he finds it unfair for any individual or political party to claim the poll was a fraud. Reverend Kamanga states as ...