Thousands of people have fled to safety following a landslide in western Nepal which blocked the flow of a river. The Kali Gandaki River in Myagdi district, about 140km (90 miles) north-west of the capital, Kathmandu, has created a deep and growing new lake. There are no reports of casualties. Army soldiers are being sent to help. A number of ...

One of Ireland’s most senior Catholic clerics has called for the Church to take a “reality check” following the country’s overwhelming vote in favour of same-sex marriage. The first gay marriages are now likely to take place in the early autumn. Diarmuid Martin, the archbishop of Dublin, said the Church in Ireland needed to reconnect with young people. The referendum ...

The Zambia Anti-Drug Abuse Foundation (ZADAF) has attributed the increasing cases of drug trafficking in Zambia to the porous borders and weak boarder control. ZADAF Director Paul Chikwete tells QFM News that even the geographic position of Zambia on major trafficking routes crossing between South Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Malawi is also contributing to the increasing ...

Chipolopolo will this afternoon saunter into the Moruleng stadium in South Africa’s Northwest province fully aware that Zambians back home are only looking forward to one thing: a victory over their South West Neighbours, Namibia in the first quarter final of this year’s COSAFA tournament. While appreciating the demands of the citizenry, coach Honour Janza has been cautious in his ...

Valencia sealed their place in next season’s Champions League as Eibar and Almeria were relegated on a dramatic final day of the La Liga season. Deportivo La Coruna came back from 2-0 down away at champions Barcelona to spoil a homage to Xavi Hernandez at the Camp Nou and stay up with a 2-2 draw along with Granada who held ...

The opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) President Nason Msoni has accused the ruling PF of engaging in premature campaigns ahead of the 2016 General elections because they are not comfortable in office. Mr. Msoni has told QFM News in an interview that this move shows that the PF is uncomfortable in office and want to utilize this time to prepare ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) wants Government to take all clauses of the Draft Constitution that do not require a Referendum to Parliament for debate and enactment. YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza believes that taking the entire document to Parliament will afford citizens to understand from their representatives’ debate on which clauses are contentious and which ones are non ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) says there is no time to start debating what should be taken to parliament in the draft constitution for enactment. ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape has told QFM News via telephone that the people have no time to come together and start going through the draft constitution and choose which clauses they want ...