President Edgar Lungu says Zambia is preparing its package to benefit from China’s $60 billion new round of funding support for Africa’s development. The Head of State said this at State House this afternoon when a visiting Chinese delegation led by Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Africa Affairs Zhong Jianhua paid a courtesy call on him. President Lungu ...

Former Attorney General Musa Mwenye has sued the Daily Nation Newspaper and its Editor –in- Chief Richard Sakala for defamation. The law suit relates to the articles the newspaper published in its 5th January and 7th January 2016 editions alleging that Mr. Mwenye is representing Forum for Democratic Alternatives (FDA) Ludwig Sondashi in a matter Dr. Sondashi has commenced legal ...

  The Ministry of General Education has directed that pupils at day schools should pay between K250 and K500 per term, while those in boarding schools should pay between K700 and K1, 000 as user fees. Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka this afternoon, Permanent Secretary Chishimba Nkosha has however, stated that the approved ranges of user fees for ...

KATE Middleton has made headlines with again with another report that she is pregnant. It’s been rumoured a number of times that the Duchess of Cambridge is expecting her third child – and the latest story is no different. The wild speculation comes from a US magazine. A source said to them: “Kate and William have always wanted to have ...

About 50 prisoners have escaped from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the AFP news agency reports a local official as saying. The inmates took advantage of a fire incident to break out of the jail on Thursday in the town of Kamituga, 170 kilometres south-west of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province. The escaped prisoners ...

Belgian prosecutors believe they may have found a Brussels apartment where one of the Paris jihadists hid after the 13 November attacks. Police found traces of explosives and a fingerprint of fugitive Salah Abdeslam in an apartment in the Schaerbeek district. The apartment had been rented in a false name, that might have been used by a person already in ...

Spanish prosecutors have requested that legal action be taken against Brazilian football superstar Neymar over alleged fraud surrounding his transfer to Barcelona. “The prosecutor… considers it appropriate for him as to appear as accused,” the court, which specialises in financial affairs and terrorism, declared on Friday. Legal action was also requested against the footballer’s father, Neymar Sr, as well as ...

Chelsea have usurped Manchester United and Manchester City at the top of the Premier League’s wage bill chart, according to annual figures released on Friday. The data, published by Companies House, the United Kingdom’s registrar of companies, showed that Chelsea spent more money on player salaries last season than any other team in the English top flight. They had topped ...

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says his party is convinced that it has the recipe for victory in the August 11th elections and economic transformation. In a statement made available to QFM News, Mr. Hichilema says the challenges ahead do not put off the UPND. He says 2016 is a year of change in which the Zambian people can reject the ...

THE Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) says the country recorded a general increase in the cost of living for most towns at the year end of 2015. The Basic Needs Basket for Lusaka increased by K656.29 to K4,371.76 in December from K3,715.47 in July 2015 representing a 17.6% increase. The Kitwe Basic Needs Basket stood at K2, 768.69 in ...