Paris St-Germain have completed the signing of Manchester United midfielder Angel Di Maria for a fee of £44.3m. The Argentina international leaves United just a year after they paid Real Madrid a British record £59.7m for him. Di Maria, 27, has signed a four-year deal with the French champions after undergoing a medical in Qatar on Tuesday. “I am very ...

Actor George Cole, best known for playing Arthur Daley in TV’s Minder, has died aged 90. Cole played the Cockney wheeler dealer Daley for 16 years, between 1979 and 1994. He also starred in a number of St Trinian’s films as shady businessman Flash Harry. Agent Derek Webster said Cole had died at the Royal Berkshire hospital following a short ...

Relatives of those missing on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have vented anger at apparent mixed signals over whether part of the plane has been found. Malaysian PM Najib Razak said experts in France had “conclusively confirmed” the wing part found on an island in the Indian Ocean was from the aircraft. But French investigators stopped short of confirming the link, ...

A new organisation known as the Intellectual Forum Institute of Zambia (IFIZ) has been formed to encourage informed social, political and economic debates in the country. Announcing the formation of the organisation in a statement, IFIZ President Dr Alex Ng’oma says the organisation will serve as a platform for intellectuals from all spheres to interact and share knowledge and ideas ...

Four Civil Society Organizations have formed a coalition to conduct national civic and voter sensitization campaigns ahead of the 2016 General Election. Zambia National Women’s Lobby (ZNWL), Operation Young Vote (OYV), Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) and Young Women in Action (YWA) have partnered on a project called ‘Go Out and Vote’ aimed at sensitizing citizens, especially the youth and women ...

Visiting members of United Kingdom House of Commons are impressed with working culture of the Nurses in Zambia. Speaking when they paid a courtesy call on Health Miister Joseph Kasonde at his office this afternoon, delegation leader Stuart Andrew however observed that people are forced to walk long distances t seek specialized medical services which are not available within their ...

Polls have closed in the Bangweulu parliamentary by-election in Samfya district of Luapula Province. Voter apathy characterized the by-election which came about following the death of Patriotic Font Member of Parliament Chifita Matafwali who died in India. The ruling party is fielding Anthony Kasandwe,the FDD has Robby Mwansa, Morgan Mwewa is representing NAREP while Bulanko Muma is contesting on the ...

The Law Association of Zambia says maneuvers by government of directly opening debate on the content of the draft constitution by tabling the constitutional amendment bill on the floor of Parliament, not only represents a radical departure from the initial constitution making process, but also represents a serious breach of trust reposed by the people of Zambia in the PF ...

Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have signed a bilateral trade agreement that will allow both countries to import goods from each other duty free. The trade agreement will however, only be functional after the two countries finalize the two signed addendums of lists of goods each of them will be importing from each other as per agreement. ...

The Media Institute of Southern AFRICA (MISA) Zambia has demanded that the defamation of the President Law should be abolished because it is archaic and discriminatory. MISA has instead recommended that the Zambia Law Development Commission should come up with a different law that would only allow for a fine once one is found guilty of defaming the president and ...