Arsene Wenger is confident Alex Iwobi can flourish at Arsenal after the 19-year-old repaid his manager’s faith in him by impressing on his third start for the club in Saturday’s 2-1 FA Cup fourth round victory over Burnley. The attacking midfielder, nephew of seven-time Nigerian footballer of the year Jay-Jay Okocha, rounded out a solid display by laying on key ...

The first freely elected parliament in Myanmar for 50 years has held its opening session. Hundreds of new MPs, mostly from the National League for Democracy (NLD) but also some smaller parties, have been sworn and taken their seats. The NLD, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, won 80% of contested seats in November’s historic election. But a quarter of ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) has urged political leaders in the country to torn down in their language. EFZ Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza says politicians should realize that they only differ in ideologies, while they all remain Zambians. He notes that the lack of tolerance for each other’s views and certain statements by political leaders have helped fuel political ...

Mark Gatiss, Sir Roger Moore and Alexander Armstrong are among those who have paid tribute to actor Frank Finlay, who has died aged 89. Finlay, a star of the Three Musketeer films, earned an Oscar nomination for his role as Iago opposite Laurence Olivier in Othello in 1965. On TV, Finlay made a name for himself in 1971’s Casanova, cementing ...

US presidential candidates are making a final pitch to people in the state of Iowa, where the first votes for party nominations will take place on Monday. Polls suggest that Republican Donald Trump has a narrow lead over Ted Cruz but both are well ahead of the others. But the Democratic race is slightly tighter, with former US Secretary of ...

Guinea progressed to the semi-finals of the African Nations Championship by beating Zambia on penalties in their quarter-final. There were chances in the 90 minutes and in extra-time but the match in the Rwandan town of Rubavu ended goalless. Abdoulaziz Keita proved to be the hero for Guinea as he saved a spot kick before stepping up to score the ...

The opposition MMD has urged fellow political parties in the Country to internalize the amended constitution in their individual party regulations. MMD spokesperson Raphael Nakachinda says this is order that their party structures become align themselves with the provisions of the country’s amended republican constitution. Mr. Nakachinda says his party is concerned that the current debate on the Country’s constitution ...

The opposition UPND has challenged President Edgar Lungu to be honest and accept that he has failed the Zambian people. The UPND is of the view that the current economic challenges being faced in the Country and which have imposed severe hardships on Zambians are due to President Lungu’s alleged poor managerial skills. UPND Youth Affairs National Coordinator Kenny Ng’ona ...

Government has maintained that Government Printers does have the capacity to print ballot papers for the August 11th tripartite elections. Works and Supply Minister, Yamfwa Mukanga says this is given the equipment that the Government Printers has been installed with. He has however insisted that that the printing of ballot papers at the Government Printers can only be permitted if ...