Barcelona won their fifth trophy of 2015 after clinching the Fifa Club World Cup for a third time with a comprehensive victory over River Plate. River could not cope with Barca’s Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Neymar. Messi scored the opener after returning from a kidney problem when he controlled Neymar’s pass to finish. Suarez latched onto Sergio Busquets’ brilliant ...

US rapper Nicki Minaj has gone ahead with a concert in Angola despite a rights group asking her to cancel it. The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) said in a letter that the money to pay her came from “government corruption and human rights violations”. Minaj, 33, entertained thousands in the Angolan capital, Luanda, on Saturday. The Christmas event was hosted ...

An Air France passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya after a fake bomb was found in a toilet, the airline says. The Boeing 777, on its way from Mauritius to Paris, was evacuated at Mombasa airport and the suspicious device taken away for examination. Air France chief Frederic Gagey later said it was made of ...

The National Council for Construction (NCC) has formally begun the process of developing a draft policy for Labour Intensive Technologies for the Country’s construction sector. NCC Executive Director Charles Mushota says his council with the help of the World Bank has to this effect hired an expert, who will come up with green paper and later a draft policy. In ...

Health Minister Joseph Kasonde says the construction of the 650 health posts across the Country is still on course. Dr. Kasonde notes that this is despite the project delaying for a period of 3 months. He has told Qfm News that his Ministry however expects that the set deadline for the completion of the project will be met.

The Zambia Police has been called upon to stop being used for political agendas by the party in power. The Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) spokesperson Charles Kakoma is urging the Police to realize that its professionalism will be brought to question if it does not do so. Mr. Kakoma says this is especially as the Country heads ...

Acting British High Commissioner to Zambia Lucy Joyce has welcomed the call for diversification in Zambia’s mining industry. Ms. Joyce says her Country however hopes that stakeholders will engage on this call constructively. She says she understands that this initiative recognizes the importance of increasing transparency between the mining industry, the government, civil society and the public. Ms. Joyce notes ...

Pep Guardiola is to leave Bayern Munich at the end of the season and will be replaced by Carlo Ancelotti. Guardiola, 44, has been linked with Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. The former Barcelona coach has won two league titles and the German Cup since joining Bayern in summer 2013. Ex-Chelsea boss Ancelotti, 56, has been on a ...

Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland died from a toxic mix of drugs including cocaine, alcohol and ecstasy, a US medical examiner has said. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office also noted a history of heart disease, asthma and substance abuse. Weiland, who was 48, was found dead on his tour bus outside a hotel in Bloomington, Minneapolis, on 3 ...

The youngest convict in the notorious 2012 Delhi gang rape case has been released from a correctional centre, his lawyer has told the BBC. Legal challenges and protests from the victim’s parents failed to prevent the release. The rapist, who cannot be named as he was a minor at the time of the crime, was sentenced to three years in ...