England’s women have matched their male counterparts from 1966 and 1990 by reaching the semi-finals of the Women’s World Cup, says manager Mark Sampson. Sampson’s side beat hosts Canada 2-1 to progress to the last four of the tournament for the first time. The men’s team of 1966 won the World Cup, while the 1990 side were beaten at the ...

The Dalai Lama has made an appearance at the Glastonbury Festival, praising it as “a festival of people, not governments or politicians”. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader gave a talk in the Peace Garden, where the crowd sang happy birthday in advance of his 80th birthday on 6 July. He arrived using a Glastonbury t-shirt to cover his head as ...

The European Central Bank says it will maintain its emergency funding of Greek banks at the level agreed on Friday. The ECB said that it stood ready to review the decision on its Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA) and would work closely with the Bank of Greece. BBC economics editor Robert Peston says the ECB is not providing any additional aid ...

PF Bwana Mkubwa Member of Parliament Emmanuel Chenda says road construction is now taking center stage among trendy developments in his constituency. Mr. Chenda says the township with the largest concentration of his constituency’s population, Mushili, for instance, which has had no tar road since Zambia’s independence, now has its major roads tarred. He has told Qfm News by telephone ...

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has condemned the alleged violent stabbing of its Chawama Constituency Chairperson Mr. Bwalya. PF Media and Publicity Committee Vice Chairperson Sunday Chanda says this act of political savagery speaks to the need for UPND to depart from its violent culture and embrace peaceful means and co-existence. Mr. Chanda has told Qfm News in a statement ...

The Zambian Voice has observed that the country’s governance system under the Patriotic Front (PF) government has now become highly threatened. The Zambian Voice suspects that this is as result of the alleged desperation it believes the PF government and President Edgar Lungu are currently in. Executive Director Chilufya Tayali has told Qfm News in an interview that his organization ...

The opposition Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) has warned of strong action against any individual or organization that will be peddling lies about former President Rupiah Banda. The ZDDM that had been campaigning for Mr. Banda’s comeback to active politics is incensed by the continued insults and fabrication of malicious propaganda that the former Head of State has been receiving ...

The United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) Southern Africa regional director Hubert Gilzen has advised government to put in much more effort in prioritizing the standards of learning in higher learning institutions. Professor Gilzen notes that in as much as government has paid good attention to improving the learning standards from primary level, pupils and students need ...

Honorary Belgium Member of Parliament Denelly de Meyer has appealed to Zambian women to be courageous and denounce early marriages. Ms. Meyer says Zambia has the potential to end child marriages before 2030. And Ms. Meyer notes that the issue of child marriages is world over despite Zambia being among highest on the African continent. She says in this regard ...

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says his party still believes Zambia has the potential to become one of the best economies in Africa. Mr. Sinkamba says with the abundant natural resources which Zambia is blessed with much more can be done to fully utilize it. He says this however calls for clear policy direction in improving upon key sectors of ...