The Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection has with immediate effect suspended the issuance and renewal of forest concession licenses. This is in order to facilitate the review of the old regulation and the development of other regulations to enhance sustainable management of Zambia’s Forest resource following the passing of the Forest Act No. 4 of 2015 which ...

Government has called for an accelerated, coordinated and scaled-up response in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic among adolescents in the country. General Education Minister Dr. John Phiri says the success of this response would depend on developing strategic partnerships with actors such as civil society, faith-based organizations, law and policymakers and especially persons living with HIV and key affected ...

A study conducted by ZAMBART, the University of Zambia (UNZA) and the University of Toronto has revealed that health services in Zambia have focused on HIV testing, commencement of treatment and adherence, with very little attention to the health and social support needed for living with HIV as a chronic and episodic condition. The study shows that HIV care and ...

US Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson will visit Zambia on a week-long trip to the continent at the end of December. Dr. Carson announced on Monday that he will also visit Nigeria and Kenya. He told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that he will visit Nigeria, Kenya and Zambia, in part because of the strategic importance of these regions and ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has called on the Zambia Police Service to engage political players in the country in an effort to apply the Public Order Act fairly. The Head of State said this at State House this morning when he sworn-in Kakoma Kanganja as Inspector General of Police, Eugene Sibote as Deputy Police IG in Charge of Administration, Dr. ...

Manchester United must prove they merit a place in the Champions League last 16 by beating Wolfsburg in their crucial group tie, says boss Louis van Gaal. The Red Devils will qualify with a win in Tuesday’s final Group B game, or if PSV Eindhoven lose to CSKA Moscow. But PSV will advance if they better United’s result in Germany. ...

An image of a portrait underneath the Mona Lisa has been found beneath the existing painting using reflective light technology, according to a French scientist. Pascal Cotte said he has spent more than 10 years using the technology to analyse the painting. He claims the earlier portrait lies hidden underneath the surface of Leonardo’s most celebrated artwork. A reconstruction shows ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a halt to Muslims entering the US, in the wake of the deadly California shootings. In a campaign statement, he said a “total and complete” shutdown should remain until the US authorities “can figure out” Muslim attitudes to the US. At a rally in South Carolina hours later, frontrunner Mr Trump repeated ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) says President Lungu is bound to fail if he continues to be surrounded by incompetent people. UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani says President Lungu should realize that most of the things that are not working out for him are as a result of him being surrounded by people ...

Sinjembela Member of Parliament Poniso Njeulu has disclosed that a 30,000-hectors sugar plantation project is earmarked to takeoff in Shang’ombo District early next year. Mr. Njeulu who is also Western Province Minister says the project whose preliminary works started mid this year is expected to create about 2,500 jobs. He has disclosed to Qfm News in an interview that so ...