Austria and Germany are expecting thousands more migrants to arrive from Hungary after Budapest eased restrictions on their travel. Throughout Saturday, by bus, train and on foot, people travelled to the Austrian border before moving on to Vienna and Munich. Austrian officials are laying on more trains as needed. German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to hold talks with her coalition ...

Zambia Striker Collins Mbesuma says he is not feeling any pressure ahead of Sunday’s game against Kenya. The Mpumalanga Black Aces striker is expected to end his 12-month exile from the Zambia national team this weekend in the 2017 Africa Cup Group E qualifier. “I am just going there to play my game,” Mbesuma said. “I have been in football ...

Zambia captain Rainford Kalaba is confident of leading his teammates to a favorable result way against Kenya this weekend. Kenya and Zambia clash on Sunday in Nairobi a 2017 Africa Cup Group E qualifier. The two teams head into match-day-two on the road to Gabon tied on 1 point each after drawing their respective opening Group games in June. Zambia ...

Mauritania shocked South Africa 3-1, Ghana edged Rwanda 1-0 and Nigeria were held 0-0 by Tanzania Saturday in Africa Cup of Nations matchday 2 qualifiers. A blunder by goalkeeper and captain Itumeleng Khune after five minutes cost South Africa a goal in Nouakchott and set the home team on the road to their greatest Cup of Nations triumph. Khune allowed ...

Governance Activist Maurice Malambo has called on concerned stakeholders not to come up with ideas that may sabotage the constitution making process. Mr. Malambo says the decisions by the Law Association of Zambia and the Grand Coalition to take the legal action against the PF government over the constitution is a dangerous path that may not work well for the ...

Land Activist Elijah Kasonso has encouraged the PF Government not to tolerate PF Councilors allocating land illegally. Mr. Kasonso is of the view that it is through such things that the party in government looses popularity for failure to control their cadres or councilors. Mr. Kasonso notes that if the PF government wants to be trusted by the people, they ...

A Development Expert Mufana Lipalile says infrastructure development is key to reducing poverty levels in the country. Mr. Lipalile, who is also University of Zambia Lecturer in the School of Humanities, says infrastructure development builds capacity of government and private sector to provide goods and services and therefore helps to reduce poverty. He says infrastructure plays a key role in ...

Private Sector Development Association (PSDA) Chairperson Yusuf Dodia has observed that hydropower is still the best option despite the current electricity shortage the country is facing. In an interview with Q FM, Mr. Dodia says that the only reason the country is facing electricity shortage is because it had not invested in such power for over a period of 40 ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to make monumental pronouncements on governance and economic issues affecting the nation when he opens Parliament on September 18, 2015. And the Head of State has been asked to consider removing the Road Development Agency (RDA) from State House and ensure that the agency’s operating budget is drastically reduced. The Young African ...