United Nations (UN) Resident Representative Janet Rogan has disclosed that Zambia has been rated among the top ten countries with the highest deforestation rates in the world. Ms Rogan says studies by the UN joint programme to reduce emissions from deforestation and Forest Degradation (UN-REDD) have shown that there are many drivers of deforestation and forestry degradation in Zambia ...

The retrial in the matter in which Directors of the defunct Zambian Airways were ordered to pay K14 billion debt to the Development Bank of Zambia was this morning cut short after anomalies were noticed in the contents of the amended statements of claim and writ of summons filed before the High Court. High Court Judge Justine Chashi was due ...

The Patriotic Front (PF) Ward elections in Kabwata constituency were this morning marred with confusion and confrontation after some members were barred from taking part in the elections on account that they are suspended. PF Members who were barred from participating in the elections however argued that the party leadership recently lifted all the suspensions at the party grass roots ...

Bank of Zambia Deputy Governor for Operations Bwalya Ngándu says by building a strong and robust small and medium scale enterprise (SME) sector, Zambia can find medium to long term solutions required to build an equally robust and self sustaining economy. Speaking he delivered his keynote address at a small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) training workshop organized by Standard ...

ZESCO Limited says it is still investigating the cause of last night’s power outage in eight of the country’s ten provinces. Spokesperson Henry Kapata has told QFM News that preliminary investigations have established that the cause of the power blackout in the country was caused by a system disturbance which resulted in Kafue and Kariba North Bank operations to go ...

KIM Kardashian has spoken about the sex tape that made her famous saying she hopes her younger sisters don’t follow in her footsteps. Kanye West‘s wife made an explicit tape with then boyfriend Ray J back in 2003. It was leaked in 2007, just before reality show Keeping Up with The Kardashians began. The 34 year old claimed since her ...

Eight million people have been affected by the massive earthquake in Nepal, and 1.4 million are in need of food aid, the United Nations says. International aid has started arriving but there is still a shortage of medical equipment, food and body bags. The 7.8-magnitude quake hit Nepal on Saturday destroying buildings in Kathmandu and severely affecting rural areas across ...

Daniel Sturridge could miss the rest of the Premier League season due to injury, Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said on Monday. Sturridge, 25, has been plagued by a variety of fitness problems this season and the England striker has missed Liverpool’s last three matches with a hip problem that is set to see him left out of the Reds’ squad ...

The Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ) has encouraged workers across the country to take advantage of the Labor Day celebrations to air out their grievances with government. FFTUZ National Women’s Chairperson Charity Kampamba has told QFM News in a telephone interview that shunning the celebrations will not help workers in anyway. Ms Kampamba believes that it is ...

Chief Liteta of the Lenje speaking people in Chibombo District says it is too early for people to judge and criticize President Edgar Lungu’s performance during the ninety days of his leadership. Chief Liteta has told Qfm News via telephone that President Lungu has shown commitment towards improving the living standards of the people. He says he has confidence that ...