Ghana and Ivory Coast took their regular places in the African Nations Cup semifinals by beating Guinea and Algeria on Sunday as the tournament returned to normal after recent controversy. Wilfried Bony finally came to life, scoring twice for the Ivory Coast, and a late Gervinho goal completed a memorable 3-1 win for the Elephants as they reached the ...

National Movement for Progressive Party (NMP) President Ng’andu Magande has justified his party’s decision not to participate in last month’s presidential election. Mr. Magande says that he did not participate in the January 20th presidential election because he believes that without numbers, it is difficult to make it in politics. He says he cannot force himself to be on a ...

Evangelical Youth Alliance International (EYAI) Executive Director Moses Lungu has advised the opposition Movement for Multiparty and Democracy (MMD) to put its house in order. Reverend Lungu says his organization finds it to be sad to see the MMD performed poorly in the just ended presidential elections due to divisions. Reverend Lungu notes that the continued differences in the MMD ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) has observed the need for government to work with civil society organizations (CSOs) if the country is to move forward. The ZCSD wants the Patriotic Front (PF) government under the leadership of President Edgar Lungu to realize the role that CSOs play in the development of the nation. ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape ...

The National Restoration Party (NAREP) has advised government to ensure that the bus stations and markets that are being run by political cadres are given back to the councils. NAREP Presidential aide David Kapoma says markets and bus stations are some of the areas where councils collect their resources for them to continue running the councils. He says if markets ...

  Government has been called upon to seriously consider coming up with a legislation to start funding political parties whose candidates successfully file nominations to participate in national elections. The opposition United National Independence Party (UNIP) is proposing a legislation that will be allowing funding of political parties contesting national elections at presidential, parliamentary and local government level. UNIP Secretary ...