The opposition UPND has described the defection of its vice president for administration Richard Kapita to the ruling PF as an opportunity to grow stronger. UPND vice president for politics Canisius Banda says Mr. Kapita’s departure has also created room for the party to renew itself and get better. Dr. Banda has told Qfm News that what Mr. Kapita has ...

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says “without him”, captain John Terry would not still be at the club. Terry, 34, has played every minute of every league match this season, skippering the Blues to their fourth Premier League title triumph. “I think he knows that, without me, he probably wouldn’t be at Chelsea in this moment,” said Mourinho. “But I also ...

Matthew McConaughey has brushed aside criticism of his new movie at the Cannes Film Festival. The Oscar-winning actor stars as a suicidal man who has travelled to Japan to kill himself in The Sea of Trees. Heckles and boos were heard at Friday’s press screening, but McConaughey said, “People have as much right to boo as to ovate.” The film ...

Islamic State (IS) fighters are being smuggled into Europe by gangs in the Mediterranean, a Libyan official has told the BBC. Government adviser Abdul Basit Haroun said smugglers were hiding IS militants on boats filled with migrants. He based his claim on conversations with boat owners in parts of North Africa controlled by the militants. He alleged that IS was ...

Opposition Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says Zambia has the potential to improve its agriculture production. Mr. Sinkamba is of the view that it is easy for the country to be outstanding in agriculture if good policies are in place. He has reiterated crop diversification still remains key which government through the Ministry Of Agriculture should continue educating farmers on. ...

Ruling Patriotic Front (PF) media Director Brian Hapunda has charged that the United Party for National Development (UPND) is an opposition political party that has lost direction. Mr. Hapunda notes that some statements being made by the opposition UPND are baseless and has no impact to the nation. Mr. Hapunda thinks that there is need for the UPND to accept ...

Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga says government is ready to dialogue with transporters on issues affecting the transport sector. Mr. Mukanga notes that though there has been an outcry on the increased fuel prices government does understands the challenges being faced by transporters countrywide hence the need for dialogue with aim of finding solutions that will benefit ...

Movement for Multi party Democracy (MMD) says it is still strong and able to provide meaningful checks and balances to the ruling PF. MMD National Secretary Mwansa Mbulakulima says this is why he thinks that those wishing the MMD to die are merely hallucinating. Mr. Mbulakulima states that MMD is a party founded on principles and its members have the ...