A shooting at a family planning clinic in Colorado Springs has left two civilians and a police officer dead, with the suspected gunman under arrest. Nine other people were injured during the standoff at the Planned Parenthood clinic, which lasted five hours before the suspect surrendered A number of people were trapped inside the building as shots were exchanged. The ...

Pope Francis will pay his respects to Ugandan Christians martyred for their faith in the 19th Century on the latest stage of his trip to Africa. Up to two million people are expected at an open-air Mass at Namugongo, near Kampala, where many of the 45 Anglican and Catholic martyrs were burned alive. Their execution was ordered by a king ...

50 Cent filed for bankruptcy this past summer, but he wants you to know something — he’s not broke. In a wild Instagram video on Thursday, the “In Da Club” rapper can be seen dancing around his kitchen before opening his refrigerator and revealing stacks of 100 dollar bills. The camera then zooms past the money to a package of cheese. 50 ...

Zambia face Tunisia in the two sides opening Group A fixture in Dakar on Saturday evening at the 2015 Caf under-23 Cup in Senegal. The game is a grudge match of sorts after their respective senior teams met earlier this year at the 2015 Africa Cup in a penultimate Group B fixture in Ebebyin, Equatorial Guinea on January 22. Tunisia ...

The Caf U-23 Africa Cup of Nation starts on Saturday with eight teams from the continent seeking tickets to qualify for the 2016 Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nigeria and seven other teams will slug it out in Senegal, competing for the three slots available to Africa for next years’ event. The teams are divided into ...

Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has observed that the high cost of doing business in Zambia continues to make the country unattractive to foreign investors. Mr. Sinkamba has since called on the government to remove all barriers that make the cost of doing business in Zambia high. He has cited difficulties in land acquisition, unavailability of power and high interest ...

MMD President Nevers Mumba says the former ruling party already has a leadership in place. Reacting to MMD Lunte Member of Parliament Felix Mutati who has called on the current MMD leadership to step down and allow a new leadership to takeover, Dr. Mumba says the party is doing very well and is on the ground preparing for the 2016 ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama says it is not up to the ruling party to guarantee the people’s aspirations in the new Constitution. Mr. Chama says now that the two Constitution Bills have passed Second Reading in Parliament, the onus is with all Members of Parliament to guarantee the people’s aspirations. He has told Qfm News by telephone that ...

The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) has observed that it is too early for austerity measures announced by President Edgar Lungu to have a positive bearing on the Kwacha. EAZ President Crispin Mphuka says President Lungu has only signaled that there is commitment from the highest office to curb the budget deficit. Dr. Mphuka notes that this could steer some ...