Daily Archives: January 12, 2016

Chanda highlights development in Kitwe

Kitwe District Commissioner Chanda Kabwe says the district recorded notable development in 2015 despite the challenges faced in the mining sector. Mr. Kabwe has cited the establishment of a medical school at Copperbelt University and the upgrading of 21 basic schools to secondary schools as some of the achievements attained in the district. He says in the Health sector, government ...

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Mpombo wants agriculture sector subsidized

Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president George Mpombo says he finds it ironic that an emerging economy like Zambia still does not see the need to subsidize the Agriculture sector. Dr. Mpombo says this is considering that European Countries and America are currently highly subsidizing their Agriculture produce. He has told Qfm News by telephone from Kafulafuta that beef is ...

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EU migrant crisis: Germany sends migrants back to Austria

Germany has been sending an increasing number of migrants back to Austria every day since the beginning of the month, Austrian police say. Many had no valid documents, whilst others did not want to apply for asylum in Germany but in other countries, notably in Scandinavia, police said. New Year’s Eve attacks on women in Cologne, blamed on migrants, have ...

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Chiyangi sad to lose Ndhlovu

Coach Aggrey Chiyangi says he is very sad to see striker Jimmy Ndhlovu leave Nkana. Ndhlovu last week left Nkana to join their Kitwe arch-rivals Power Dynamos on a permanent deal just six months after he was recalled from the latter side following a two-year loan spell. Chiyangi said Nkana will move on despite Ndhlovu being in his earlier plans ...

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Grand Coalition expected to usher in new leadership

The Grand Coalition on the Campaign for the People Driven Constitution is expected to usher in a new leadership as part of a reorganization strategy which will see its focus shift to pushing for the enactment of the expanded Bill of Rights which will be subjected to a referendum. Sources within the Grand Coalition have disclosed to Qfm News that ...

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Govt urged to make copies of new constitution affordable

Government has been called upon to make the amended republican constitution more affordable to enable as many Zambians have access to it. The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) is concerned that the K252.00 at which a copy of the constitution is going at is inhibitive to ordinary people in the Country. FODEP Executive Director Macdonald Chipenzi says the high price ...

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Madaya Syria: ‘400 residents need’ urgent evacuation

Some 400 people in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya need to be urgently evacuated for medical treatment, says UN humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien. After briefing the UN Security Council on the crisis in the rebel-held town near Damascus, he warned that those people could die. Earlier, an aid convoy brought food to 40,000 town residents who have been under ...

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Messi wins record fifth Ballon d’Or

Lionel Messi deposed eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo to take back his crown as the undisputed king of world football by lifting a record fifth Ballon d’Or on Monday. Much has changed since, just 12 months ago, a disgruntled Messi, fresh from losing a World Cup final and disillusioned with coach Luis Enrique’s regime at Barcelona, sat in stony silence as ...

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Kabimba rubbishes PF govt

Rainbow Party Secretary General Wynter Kabimba has charged that the only way the people of Zambia will realize their wishes and aspirations is by voting the Patriotic Front out of power. Mr. Kabimba says as long as the PF remains in office, the people of Zambia should not expect anything good to come out of their leadership. He says by ...

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