Voting is under way in Myanmar’s general election – the first openly contested poll in 25 years after decades of military rule. The ruling Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP), backed by the military, is one of the frontrunners. Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) is expected to make large gains, although she is barred from running for ...

The Members of Parliament have been called upon to always ensure that every decision that is made in Parliament reaches the people they represent. The opposition Green Party Leader Peter Sinkamba says doing this will make the decentralized policy being implemented by government become very effective. Mr. Sinkamba says such communication to the people will also give the citizens the ...

The opposition MMD has ruled out the use of short cuts to hold its long awaited national convention. MMD party spokes person Raphael Nakachinda says his party is committed to ensuring that procedure as outlined by the MMD constitution is followed. Mr. Nakachinda says the process is leading up to the convention is ongoing and that once it is completed ...

Government says it is committed to facilitating the process of reviewing the NGO Act through stakeholder’s engagement in a bid to enhance civil society participation in development. Minister of Mother and Child Health Emerine Kabanshi says this is why the review process has taken the route of dialogue so that stakeholders can discuss and resolve areas of concern in the ...

PF Secretary General Davies Chama has reiterated his confidence that the ruling PF’s track record is good enough to retain power in the 2016. Mr. Chama says the ruling PF has honored most of its 2011 campaign promises by building many educational, health and road infrastructure across the country. He cites the progress being made in the construction of the ...

People’s Party president Mike Mulongoti has observed the need to re-position Zambia as a distinctive tourism destination in the sub-Saharan Africa region. Mr, Mulongoti has advised government to do this by developing all tourism sites in the country. He believes that Zambia has sufficient tourism sites which can make it a more attractive tourism destination. Mr. Mulongoti thinks that developing ...