Police in Bangkok have charged a man in connection with the bomb attack that killed 20 people in the Thai capital nearly two weeks ago. Officers say the suspect, who was charged with illegal possession of weapons, was involved in the attack. However, they say he is not the man seen on CCTV footage leaving a bag at the Erawan ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has been urged to also consider create Chambeshi on the Copperbelt into a district. Political activist Chikabala Kaleta Chambeshi has grown in terms of population and therefore it should qualify to be a district. He says creating Chambeshi a district will benefit the local people especially with the current situation where the town reports to Kalulushi ...

The ruling PF has expressed optimism of winning the Lubansenshi Parliamentary seat which the incumbent Patrick Mucheleka is contesting under the UPND ticket. The ruling PF has placed it confidence on the fact that George Mwamba whom it has fielded as its candidate originates from the area. PF Lubansenshi Deputy Campaign manager Frank Bwalya has told Qfm News by telephone ...

The Zambia Police has been called upon to consider deploying more Police officers than usual in Kasama Central constituency when the anticipated Parliamentary by-election is called in the area. The Police command is being urged to do in the interest of ensuring that peace and order is maintained to enable a credible electoral process to take place. Aspiring Munali Member ...

The opposition UPND has advised republican President Edgar Lunga to consider stepping down owing to the challenges that the country is going through. The UPND is of the view that President Lungu should step down because it appears the extent of the challenges that country is grappling with are be now beyond his control. UPND vice president for political affairs ...

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has called on the Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) to restrain from arbitrary actions that jeopardize people’s human rights. This HRC has particularly called on ZAWA to treat community members who have encroached in the Kafue National Park in a humane manner. HRC Director Florence Chibwesha has told Qfm News in a statement that her commission ...

The Zambia Police has been urged to conduct recruitments in a transparent manner to enable qualified candidates enroll to avoid enlisting unqualified people. Hope for Human Rights Executive Director Smart Chanda says the Zambia Police should promote transparency in its operations especially with the public perception it has of being one of the most corrupt institution. And Mr. Chanda has ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) says it suspects that the creation of new Districts in the North Western province is ill intended. ZCSD Executive Director Lewis Mwape says his organization particularly finds it is unfortunate that the newly created Districts in the Province have not been budgeted for. Mr. Mwape has wondered where funds will come from to ...

The opposition UPND has observed that the people of Zambia are now seeing what they were warned of the ruling PF’s inability to run the country. The UPND has referred to the economic hardship that Zambia is going through as precipitated by increased load shedding, poor performance of the Kwacha and national budget deficits as some of the indicators of ...

Three children have been found in a critical condition after being rescued from a lorry in Austria that contained 26 migrants, police said. The lorry was stopped in Braunau district and the Romanian driver was arrested after a chase. Those inside were said to be from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Separately, four men appeared in court in Hungary following the ...