Former US President Jimmy Carter says recent liver surgery revealed that he has cancer and it has spread to other parts of his body. The 90-year-old statesman underwent surgery to remove a small mass in his liver earlier this month. He said he would reveal more “when facts are known, possibly next week”. Mr Carter will undergo treatment by physicians ...

The Football Association of Zambia says interim Zambia coach George Lwandamina will remain on the bench after a substantive trainer is named soon. Lwandmina has been caretaker coach for the last three months since Honour Janza was fired on June 8. An expatriate coach is expected to be named soon when all the contractual formalities are completed by Faz and ...

The Consumer Unity Trust Society (CUTS) says it is in the process of piloting a scientific methodology of price adjustment in the transport sector. Cuts Executive Director Simon Ng’ona says his organisation working with the ministry of transport and the Road Transport and Safety Agency will come up with a scientific model as a way of moving forward so that ...

Government has advised stakeholders to be patient with the revision process of the NGO Act. Community Development, Mother and Child Health Minister Emerine Kabanshi says what government is doing is to bring all stakeholders on board in the ongoing review process of the legislation. Ms Kabanshi notes that so far, the impression that she is getting from the revision process ...

Government has reassured the nation that there is enough relief food to carter for would-be needy areas of the country affected by the 2014/2015 poor rainfall pattern. Deputy Minister in the Office of the Vice President Lazarus Chungu says this means that any area where relief food is still needed government will be ready to supply such areas. Mr. Chungu ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama says there is no ill feeling among PF members following the appointment of UPND Sinazongwe MP Richwell Siamunene as Defence Minister. Mr. Chama says this is despite there being many qualified party members who could have been appointed to the position. Speaking to Qfm News in an interview, Mr Chama says as far as ...

The United States African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA), which was due to expire on 30th September, 2015 has been extended for 10 years, and will run until September 2025. The Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry has since encouraged Zambian exporters to take advantage of the extension. The extension reaffirms the importance of deeper and expanded United States trade ties ...

Government says it expects increased competition among players in telecommunications industry given the rate at which the sector is growing. Transport, Works, Supply and Communication Minister Yamfwa Mukanga says for the fact that competition is the lifeblood of a free market economy; government is also expectant that enhanced competition in the telecommunications sector will lead to improved service delivery and ...

Aeras a nonprofit, GLOBAL biotech organisation developing new tuberculosis (TB) vaccines for the world says there is urgent need to find new TB vaccines. Speaking during a media training in Lusaka today, Aeras Director of public affairs for Africa Sibusiso Hlatjwako says the current interventions are not likely to eliminate TB or achieve the set targets by the World Health ...

The Lusaka City Council has dismissed reports in some sections of the media suggesting that it has failed to provide the Millennium Challenge Account Zambia with information for the layout of the city’s overflow regarding the multimillion dollar drainages project in Lusaka. Council Assistant Public Relations Manager, Brenda Katongola in a statement says the Council had provided Millennium Challenge Account ...