Calls for tighter security on the railways are to be discussed by European ministers and officials, following the foiled attack on a high-speed Amsterdam-Paris train last week. Passengers overpowered a heavily armed man and pinned him to the floor. French prosecutors have filed charges against Ayoub El-Khazzani, 25. UK Home Secretary Theresa May is among those attending the talks in ...

Chief Chikanta of the Tonga speaking people of Kalomo district is happy with the various developmental projects initiated by the government and other stakeholders in his chiefdom. Chief Chikanta says the construction of schools and clinics is progressing well and will be completed before the end of this year. He has since thanked the Government, World Vision Zambia and other ...

Isoka District Commissioner Major Joe Siwila says the District has so far received about 25, 000 bags of Compound D fertilizer. Major Siwila is hopeful that the whole allocation of Compound D fertilizer to the district will be delivered by the deadline of September. He notes that government has demonstrated commitment in ensuring that farmers get the farming inputs right ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) in Eastern Province says its analysis of the national action plan for youth empowerment and employment and national youth policy recently launched shows that government thoroughly evaluated the past performance of the 2006 National Youth Policy. CSPR Eastern Province Coordinator Maxson Nkhoma says they have discovered that in the recently launched youth action ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has been advised to call for an urgent national dialogue meeting aimed at resolving the challenges the country is grappling with. Caritas Zambia Head of Programs Eugene Kabilika says it will be difficult for President Lungu to win next year’s General election if he fails to improve the country’s struggling economy. Mr. Kabilika says the only ...

Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) President Nevers Mumba has charged that the 2016 National Budget to be unveiled this October will be a campaign budget. Dr Mumba says the Patriotic Front’s preoccupation right now is the 2016 general election. He says the people of Zambia are not going to eat elections, but want the many issues affecting them to be ...

The Patriotic Front (PF) government has been reminded that the ultimate price it will pay if it continues not listen to what people want is being voted out in 2016. Opposition Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) President Charles Milupi says the PF government should therefore realize that in a Democracy like Zambia, people speak through opposition political parties. Mr ...