Zambia will host Côte d’Ivoire in Lusaka on Saturday, in the return leg of their final 2015 CAF U-23 Championship qualifying tie. The two sides played to a goalless draw in Abidjan in their first encounter, with the young Elephants unable to break down a stubborn Chipolopolo defence despite Zambia being down to 10 men after Boyd Mkandawire was sent ...

Women for Change has commended Parliamentarians for showing strong commitment towards ending child marriages by supporting a bill aimed at criminalizing the act. Executive Director Lumba Siyanga says her organisation is pleased that the MPs recognize the negative social, economic and health impact of child marriages. Ms Siyanga notes that once the bill is enacted, the scourge of child marriages ...

The annual rate of inflation for the month of July 2015 has remained static at 7.1% as recorded in June 2015. Speaking during the Central Statistical Office (CSO) monthly bulletin release this morning, CSO Director John Kalumbi says the annual food inflation rate for July was recorded at 7.8% compared to 7.1 % recorded in June 2015. Mr Kalumbi says ...

The National Assembly of Zambia has officially launched its 2015 -2019 strategy plan with greater emphasis placed on improving capacities of its legislative functions. The strategy plan which has retained the National Assembly’s vision of being a model legislature for Democracy and Good Governance has eight strategic objectives. Speaking during the official launch of the Strategic plan this morning, Speaker ...

Government is concern with the continued occurrence of mine accidents, many of which have been fatal. Mines Minister Christopher Yaluma says in light of the nature of the mining industry being ranked among the most risky businesses in the world, the need for practitioners to adhere to best practices and statutory requirements in health, safety and environment cannot be overemphasized. ...

Malaysia has sent a team to the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion to determine whether debris which washed up there is from missing flight MH370. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board vanished without trace in March 2014. Aviation experts have said the debris looks like a wing component from ...

Former Church of God Overseer Bishop John Mambo has advised politicians in the country to put their heads together and find solutions to challenges facing the country. Bishop Mambo says government has failed to address the challenges the country is facing and therefore this calls for politicians, church leaders and other organizations to put their heads together and help address ...

Labour and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda says a Bill to abolish casualisation will be tabled in the next session of Parliament. Mr. Shamenda has told QFM News in an interview that he could not present a bill abolishing casualisation during the current sitting of Parliament which adjourns this Friday because his ministry was still consulting relevant stakeholders over the ...

Alliance for Democracy and Development President Charles Milupi has observed that parastatals in Zambia have been underperforming because those in Authority have been using them for their own benefit. Mr. Milupi has alleged that those in Authority having been doing this by appointing political cadres to head such institutions whose major shareholders are the people of Zambia. He has told ...

The Ministry of Finance has dispelled assertions that government only managed to issue the US$1.25 billion Eurobond instead of the intended US$2 billion because the country’s foreign debt stock has exceeded the prudent limit of 40% of GDP. Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba has told Qfm News in an exclusive interview that government in fact targeted to issue a ...