Gunmen from the militant Islamist group al-Shabab have killed at least 15 people and taken students hostage at a university in north-eastern Kenya. Reports say 65 others were wounded when gunmen stormed the campus in Garissa. The government says troops have killed two attackers but fighting is ongoing. Over 500 students are unaccounted for, but the number of hostages is ...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday scrapped sanctions dished out by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to Morocco, freeing the North African country to play in the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. CAF hit Morocco’s football federation (FRMF) with the ban and a fine of $1 million after it decided not to host the ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority has impounded four trucks laden with smuggled cooking oil with a value for duty purposes of K462,177.60 which was not declared and had false transit papers. The cooking oil would have attracted taxes equivalent to K207,979.92. ZRA Corporate Communications Manager Mumbuna Kufekisa in a statement to QFM News says the trucks were impounded during enforcement activities ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has returned back home from China describing his trip as successful. President Lungu says he managed to crack so many deals during his visit to the Asian country. The President who touched down at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport at exactly 17:15 hours aboard an Emirates Commercial flight says the Ministers who accompanied him will be informing ...

The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has called on Zambians to put aside any differences be it political, tribal or personal and pursue reconciliation to embrace one another as they celebrate Easter. CCZ Secretary General Rev. Suzanne Matale in a Easter message says Easter period is a time of reflection, reconciliation and embracing one another as a sign of ...

Government has warned that it will not take kindly to any mining company that decides to lay off its workers arbitrarily under the pretext of the new mining tax regime. Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili has reminded all mining companies of the standing order which obliges them to consult the Government through the Ministry of Labour before any decision to ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema says he has learnt with deep shock and sympathy the passing on of Chief Jumbe of the Kunda people of Mambwe District of Eastern Province. Mr Hichilema in a statement says he has personally interacted with the late Chief Jumbe and always shared a common vision of a peaceful and united ...

The Zambia Bureau of Standards (ZABS) has confiscated 82 packages of baby diapers each containing 10 diapers known as Tender Rite and 2 packages of another brand of diapers called Baby Love each containing 52 diapers. ZABS Head of Marketing and Public Relations Hazel Zulu in a statement states that also confiscated are 76 bars of skin lightening soaps and ...

Cabinet has approved the appointment of new members to serve on the Zambia Medicine Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) Board. Acting Chief Government Spokesperson Vincent Mwale has told a media briefing in Lusaka today that Cabinet also approved the appointment of new members to serve on the National Health Research Authority Council which is expected to put in place an effective national ...

Government says it is promoting enterprise development among the youth as a way of creating empowerment and employment for youths in the country. Speaking during the launch of the 2015 youth development fund, Youth and Sport Minister Vincent Mwale says in the same regard, government has between 2012 and 2014 disbursed funds amounting to k43 million to 1,300 youth groups ...