The opposition UPND has announced plans of carrying out countrywide protests against government’s plan to table constitution amendments when Parliament resumes its sittings in June this year. The UPND which has hinted on working with the civil society will commence its protests on the 14th of May this year. UPND Lubwa Ward Youth Chairperson Chisankama Mudenda has disclosed to Qfm ...

The Zambia Climate Change Network (ZCCN) says Zambia should be concerned that it has been ranked among the top ten countries with the highest deforestation rates in the world. Network Coordinator Chileshe Musonda has told QFM News that it is for this reason that his organization has been advocating for concerted efforts in curbing deforestation in the country. Mr. Musonda ...

WIRELESS Festival have announced a second music event to celebrate its 10th birthday – and Drake is headlining. After upsetting fans when he pulled out of last year’s festival because of illness, the Canadian rapper will be performing twice at the Finsbury Park music event. To mark the 10th birthday milestone, Wireless is putting on a four day celebration over ...

CONGRATULATIONS are in order for Lionel Messi following the announcement that his partner is pregnant. The FC Barcelona star, who is already a dad to two year-old Thiago, used social media to spread the good news that Antonella Roccuzzo is expecting their second child. Posting an adorable black and white picture of Thiago planting a kiss on Antonella’s stomach, on ...

David Cameron and Ed Miliband have faced tough questions from a Question Time audience over their economic plans in the final TV event of the campaign. The PM said he had rejected £8bn in child benefit cuts the Lib Dems claimed the Tories had proposed in government. Ed Miliband said Labour did not overspend when in power and that he ...

Towns and villages near the epicentre of Saturday’s earthquake in central Nepal have suffered “almost total devastation”, the Red Cross says. Assessment teams say they have found survivors in a “desperate situation”. Nepal says 6,204 people are known to have died in the 7.8-magnitude quake and 13,932 were injured. But the fate of thousands more in many remote areas remains ...

Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge has visited a renowned surgeon in the United States as he looks to determine whether or not surgery is required to cure his hip injury. Sturridge has endured an injury-plagued 2014/15 season in which he has featured in just 18 of Liverpool’s 54 matches this term. The striker’s injury woes began in September when he suffered ...

Power Dynamos have revealed that their striker Jimmy Ndhlovu is ineligible to play in Sunday’s Kitwe derby against Nkana. Ndhlovu, who leads the 2015 Faz Super League season top scorers charts with four goals after six rounds of games played, is currently on an extended loan deal from Nkana. “Yes he will not play. Nkana FC revised the terms of ...

Gender Rights for Justice says there is need to put in more work to end sex work in Zambia. Project Coordinator Paul Kasonkomona notes the need for stakeholders to step up efforts towards reducing sex work among women and men in Zambia. Mr. Kasonkomona says the recent research findings by TASINTHA indicating that many young women have joined the band ...

Community Development, Mother and Child Health Minister Emerine Kabanshi says people with disabilities have the potential to equally contribute to national development. Ms Kabanshi says here ministry has since embarked on the revamping of sixteen farms for people with disabilities as one way of empowering them. She says government is doing its best to create an enabling environment for people ...