The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) says it’s high time Zambians begun experience the benefits of economic growth such as a stable democratic dispensation, a positive economic environment and a good electoral process. JCTR Director Fr. Leonard Chiti says the high poverty and unemployment levels in the country are unacceptable 50 years after independence. Fr. Chiti says the PF ...

A man from the Gaza Strip has told the BBC he was tricked into selling a work painted by UK graffiti artist Banksy. The image of the Greek goddess Niobe, weeping for her dead offspring, was painted on a door from the ruins of Rabie Darduna’s house in Gaza City. It can be seen in a video released by the ...

Raheem Sterling has told BBC Sport he is not a “money-grabbing 20-year-old” after confirming he has turned down a new £100,000-a-week Liverpool deal. He also says he will not discuss a new contract with the Reds until the summer, no matter how big a deal he might be offered in the meantime. “It’s not about the money at all,” the ...

More than 25,000 foreign fighters have travelled to join militant groups such as al-Qaeda and Islamic State (IS), according to a UN report. Experts have said that the flow of foreign fighters is “higher than it has ever been historically”. Fighters from at least 100 countries have travelled to areas such as Iraq, Syria, Libya and Pakistan. The report states ...

The Central Statistical Office (CSO) has reassured people in the country that the 2015 Living Conditions Monitory Survey report will not reveal poverty levels of individual households. CSO Director John Kalumbi says the 2015 survey report which is an update of the survey conducted in 2010 is being conducted under the confines of the Census Act which does not allow ...

Centre for Reproductive Health and Education (CRHE) says there is still need for comprehensive knowledge interventions in the area of HIV and AIDS. CRHE Executive Director Amos Mwale says reading through the latest Zambia Demographic Health Survey (ZDHS) clearly shows that stakeholders have a lot to do in sensitizing the general public and more especially the young people on the ...

Chief Mumena of the Kaonde speaking people in Solwezi district says a lot of progress has been made in stopping early and child marriages in his chiefdom. Chief Mumena says early marriages have had a negative impact not only on girls being married off, but on the society as a whole as these girls if educated would effectively contribute to ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has encouraged the Zambian people to use this Easter season to seek God’s intervention on the many things that have gone wrong in the country. EFZ Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza says Christians should also use this season to ask for forgiveness from God and everyone they have wronged as well as forgive those who ...

Lubansenshi Independent Member of Parliament Patrick Mucheleka says there is need for government to consult extensively in policy formulation. Mr Mucheleka says this will help in avoiding policy inconsistencies witnessed under the Patriotic Front government. He has wondered whether President Edgar Lungu consulted Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda when he made the directive to revise the 2015 mineral royalty tax approved ...

The Zambia Consumers Association (ZACA) has cautioned government against rushing to export excess grain stored by the Food Reserve Agency before the projected 2015 bumper maize harvest is realized. ZACA Executive Secretary Samuel Simutunda has told QFM News that government must not be too quick to export maize in view of the unprecedented poor rainfall pattern recorded in most parts ...