Newcastle caretaker manager John Carver has been sacked along with coach Steve Stone, BBC Sport has learned. Carver, 50, took charge for the final 20 games of this season following the departure of Alan Pardew to Crystal Palace, but won just three matches. The club narrowly avoided relegation from the Premier League. Former England and Derby manager Steve McClaren ...

United Front for Democracy, a loose alliance of five political parties, has advised government to stop PF officials from issuing misleading statements on the constitution making process. UDF Vice Chairperson, Nason Msoni, has told Qfm News in a walk-in interview that only Justice Minister Dr. Ngosa Simbyakula and the Republican President Edgar Lungu can issue comprehensive statements on the constitution ...

Apple has announced a new app that combines a streaming song and music video library, an internet radio station and a way for artists to share unreleased tracks and other material. It includes a recommendation system that uses both human curators and computer algorithms to suggest songs. The service is set to challenge Spotify, Tidal and other music apps. Apple ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) says it is unacceptable for the ruling party to insinuate that Civil Society Organizations want a new constitution because they are pushing for the introduction of homosexuality in the country. ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape has told QFM News that during the constitution national consultative Conference those issues were discussed and wonders why ...

Exclusive footage reveals how Islamic State wields power over people’s everyday lives in Iraq’s second city, Mosul, a year after it was captured. Secretly filmed videos obtained by the BBC’s Ghadi Sary show mosques being blown up, abandoned schools, and women being forced to cover up their bodies. Residents said they were living in fear of punishment according to the ...

Government has been called upon to quickly develop a clear roadmap on the amendment of the Public Order Act in line with modern trends. The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) is concerned that from time President Edgar Lungu made the pronouncement that the legislation will be amended; there has not been any given timeframe in ...

US Ambassador to Zambia Eric Shultz has reiterated his government’s commitment to seeing Zambia achieve an AIDS free generation. Mr. Shultz has observed that this commitment has already been demonstrated by the US$325 million the United States has planned to contribute to Zambia’s HIV response through the 2015 Country Operational Plan (COP). He says to this end, COP is changing ...

President Edgar Lungu has received official communication that Kanya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta will grace this year’s International Trade Fair in Zambia. This came to light this afternoon when President Lungu met a Special Envoy from Kenya Fred Matiangi at State House. During the meeting Mr. Matiangi who is also Minister of Information, Communication and Technology disclosed to President Lungu that ...

  Government has disclosed that the Exim Bank of China is within two weeks expected to release an initial payment of US$108 million to the contractor for the construction of Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. Transport, Works, Supply and Communications Minister Yamfwa Mukanga has told journalists during a media briefing in Lusaka this morning that the initial payment will allow for ...

The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has cautioned parents against using their religious beliefs to stop their children from being immunized against different diseases. Commenting on concerns raised by World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director Matshidiso Moeti that some e religious groups have been refusing to have their children vaccinated against diseases which puts children at high risk; CCZ ...