Pro-government forces in Yemen have retaken the country’s largest airbase in a battle with Houthi rebels, government officials say. Heavy casualties have been reported at al-Anad airbase, north of Aden, after intense fighting there in recent days. It comes after pro-government forces, backed by air strikes from a Saudi-led coalition, retook Aden two weeks ago. The Saudis are leading a ...

Zambia Youths Association in the Fight Against Corruption (ZYAFAC) has called on Education Minister Michael Kaingu to demonstrate true leadership and ensure the closure of the Copperbelt University is resolved once and for all. ZYAFAC Executive Director Rickson Kanema in a statement says the continued closure of CBU is a litmus test for the Minister of Education to demonstrate to ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) has observed that the route taken by government of publishing the constitution bills and later take them to Parliament for debate is not progressive. ZCSD Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape says what is needed is a legal framework to protect the contents of the final draft constitution as the people submitted. Mr. Mwape notes ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has encouraged mining companies to use alternative sources of power for their operations in view of the ongoing countrywide load shedding. President Lungu was responding to a question on some mining companies that are suspending operations on account of low power,shortly before departure for Ndola at City airport this morning. And President is on the Copperbelt ...

World Swimming Championships Venue: Kazan, Russia Dates: 2-9 August Coverage: Live on BBC Two, Red Button, Radio 5 live sports extra, online, tablets, mobiles and BBC Sport app. Great Britain’s Adam Peaty has won gold in the men’s 100m breaststroke at the World Swimming Championships. The 20-year-old from Uttoxeter produced a superb finish to beat Olympic champion Cameron van der ...

The body of Bobbi Kristina Brown has been taken to a New Jersey cemetery for burial next to mother Whitney Houston. A hearse took the body from a Newark funeral home as two vehicles carrying relatives – including singer Dionne Warwick – followed behind. Bobbi Kristina, 22, died at a hospice on 26 July, six months after she was found ...

The Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company has disclosed that the water supply system in Lusaka has normalized despite the continued load shedding. Company Marketing and Public Relations Manager Topsy Sikalinda says when load shedding started the company started rationing water because water generation was affected by power cuts. Mr. Sikalinda states that since the company engaged the power utility company, ...

Pakistan has executed Shafqat Hussain, convicted of killing a child in 2004, despite appeals from international human rights groups. His lawyers say he was 14 when found guilty and his confession was extracted by torture, but officials say there is no proof he was a minor when convicted. He met his family one last time before midnight, then was hanged ...

Governance Activist Maurice Malambo has observed that the perceived tension between the opposition and the ruling party in Zambia is as a result of lack of conflict management skills by politicians. Mr. Malambo tells QFM News in a walk interview that Zambia is the only country where the opposition and the ruling party have failed to work together for the ...

The Road Development Agency (RDA) has disclosed that about 2, 400 kilometers of roads are being worked on across the country under the Link Zambia 8000 Road Project. RDA Senior Manager Public Relations Loyce Saili has told QFM News in an interview that the roads however are at different levels. And Ms Saili says about 150 kilometers of roads under ...