Zambia National Service Commandant Lieutenant General Nathan Mulenga says increased collaboration between the defence forces of Zambia and Malawi will continue to foster peace and stability. Lt. Gen. Mulenga said the defence forces in the two countries have over the years remained united with several areas of cooperation which have ultimately contributed to the promotion of unity and peace in ...

Sepp Blatter has said he will not stand down as Fifa president despite criminal proceedings being opened against him by Swiss investigators. The Swiss, 79, is suspected of signing a contract that was “unfavourable to Fifa” and making a “disloyal payment” to Uefa president Michel Platini. Blatter, who will stand down as Fifa president in February, said he “had done ...

Some of Britain’s bestselling authors and their publishers are joining forces to raise money for Syrian refugees. David Walliams, Hilary Mantel and Ian Rankin are among those whose books will be donated by publishers and sold by Waterstones for charity. “Buy a book, help save a life,” said Rankin. “We are doing what we do best: bookselling,” said Waterstones’ James ...

President Barack Obama has said the US is prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the conflict in Syria. He told the UN General Assembly in New York compromise would be essential for ending the long civil war. But he said realism required a “managed transition” away from Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to an inclusive ...

Police in Lusaka have arrested a man who has been swindling people of their money purporting to be working for Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company (LWSC). Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company Marketing and Public Relations Manager Topsy Sikalinda has told QFM News in a statement that the man identified as Gift Mulenga is currently detained at Kamwala Second Class Police ...

The Zambia Federation of Employers (ZFE) says the sustainability of mining companies needs to be renegotiated. ZFE President Tyson Chisambo says in view of the challenges the country is facing, government should look at ways of improving the employment social protection, stating that this has worked well in other countries. Mr. Chisambo says there is no way that the mines ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has called on Government to provide an account on how much the Presidential trip to New York for the UN General Assembly has cost the country. In a statement to QFM News today, YALI Governance, Advisor Isaac Mwanza says his organization is saddened by reports suggesting that President Lungu chartered a private jet at ...

President Edgar Lungu has reaffirmed his commitment to increase the number of women participating in the governance of the country. The President said there was need for various stakeholders to come together and fight gender inequalities and imbalances in the Zambian society. President Lungu was speaking during the global leaders’ meeting on gender equality and women’s empowerment, commitment to action ...

The Zambia Federation of Employers (ZFE) says if measures outlined by President Edgar Lungu in his speech during the official opening of the fifth session of the 11th National Assembly can be followed with a well thought-out implementation and resource allocation plan, the country’s economy can be revitalized. Speaking during a media briefing today on the president’s speech, ZFE President, ...

Rapper DMX is free after serving more than two months in a New York jail for failing to pay child support. His lawyer says the 44-year-old rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, walked out of the Erie County Holding Center in Buffalo Friday afternoon. Simmons’ attorney, Dominic Candino, said his client was “ecstatic” after his release. Candino says Simmons ...