Government says there is no looming drugs shortage in the country because Medical Stores Limited has sufficient stocks. Health Deputy Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya has since warned that his ministry will not tolerate any situation were health personnel especially in clinics are not giving out medicines to patients on the pretext that there are no drugs. Dr. Chilufya warns that ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says all is set for the commencement of the voter registration exercise next week on Monday, 14th September. ECZ Chairperson Justice Esau Chulu has however told stakeholders during a meeting on the preparations for the voter registration exercise today that the commission will suspend for seven days the voter registration exercise in constituencies expected ...

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson didn’t actually feel the first round of bullets hit his legs. He was too consumed with dealing with the shock of it all. Even in his volatile neighborhood of South Jamaica, Queens, the May 2000 shooting that nearly took his life was brazen. At 11:22 a.m., in front of his grandmother’s home, the future rap superstar ...

Pope Francis is expected to announce revisions on Tuesday to the process by which Catholics may annul their marriages in yet another sign of the pontiff pushing his church to be more welcoming and merciful. A brief statement from the Vatican does not detail the proposed reforms, but Francis has said that obtaining annulments can be too cumbersome and costly, ...

The Greek government and the UN refugee agency have brought in extra staff and ships to deal with some 25,000 stranded migrants on the island of Lesbos. A processing centre has been also set up on an abandoned football ground to help the migrants to get to Athens. A Greek minister said on Monday Lesbos was “on the verge of ...

Forest Rangers coach Kaunda Simonda is certain the promoted side will beat relegation. Forest on Saturday lost 1-0 away to Nkana to suffer their eighth successive defeat since returning from the three-week, mid-season break on July 19 when they drew 1-1 at home with Nchanga Rangers. The loss at Nkana saw Forest drop from 7th to the trap door of ...

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney said on Monday that he had no regrets about the deterioration of his relationship with the club’s legendary former manager Alex Ferguson. Rooney was dropped towards the end of Ferguson’s 27-year Old Trafford tenure in 2013, with the Scot subsequently explaining that the former Everton striker had asked to leave the club for a second ...

The Islamic Supreme Council of Zambia has advised President Edgar Lungu to address the nation on the current state of the economy. Council President Suzyo Zimba says keeping quiet might seem as if the government has no solutions to the economic challenges facing the country. Mr. Zimba says the Head of State in his address to Parliament; should indicate what ...

The Zambia Medical Association (ZMA) has formally written to the Ministry of Justice over issues it feels the country’s new constitution should address. ZMA president Aaron Mujajati has disclosed that among the proposals his Association has made to the Ministry of Justice include the issue of Life beginning at conception and how it affects service delivery. Dr. Mujajati has told ...

ActionAid Zambia says it is strange that government is asking mining companies to reduce on their usage of power instead of looking alternatives to provide more power to a key sector such as mining. ActionAid Country Director Pamela Chisanga notes that mining is the country’s economic driver considering that the country has not been able to diversify its economy. Ms. ...