President Edgar Lungu has directed the millers in the country to reduce the price of mealie meal. Speaking upon arrival at Chipata airport today, President Lungu says it is unacceptable that mealie meal is fetching as high as K120.00 when the millers are buying cheaper maize from the Food Reserve Agency. He says there is no reason for the ...

JUSTIN Bieber is pocketing $2000 (£1413) to meet fans backstage but for some reason is struggling to strike a smile for all those primed smart phones and selfie sticks. The 22 year old Sorry singer has just embarked on his Purpose World Tour in the United States, and a small legion of hardcore fans have forked out top dollar for a VIP meet-and-greet ...

Militias allied to the South Sudanese army have been allowed to rape women in lieu of wages while fighting rebels, a UN report says. Investigators found that 1,300 women had been raped last year in oil-rich Unity State alone, it said. The army operated a “scorched earth” policy to deliberately target civilians for killing and rape, which amounted to war ...

Zesco United hope to exorcise their West African jinx in continental football when they host Horoya AC of Guinea in a 2016 Caf Champions League first round, first leg home match on Saturday at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. The Zambian club has failed to eliminate West African opposition in their last three African outings. Warri Wolves of Nigeria knocked ...

VICE President Inonge Wina says the letters recently published by the Post Newspaper purporting to show correspondence between State House and the Zambia Security Intelligence Services and Timor Consulting of Israel are forged. Ms. Wina has told Parliament during the vice president’s question time that the newspaper is merely being malicious by producing the letters. She says the letters are ...

Jurors in Hulk Hogan’s sex video trial on Wednesday heard a videotaped deposition of Gawker’s former editor in chief — shockingly saying he’d draw the line at posting a sex tape of a celebrity who is under 4 years old. A.J. Daulerio, 41, was sitting ramrod-straight in the Florida courtroom during the incredibly awkward moment when he was asked by ...

A dominant Liverpool were worthy 2-0 winners over Manchester United as the old foes met in Europe for the first time on Thursday, while Borussia Dortmund outclassed Tottenham Hotspur in their Europa League last 16, first leg. At a boisterous Anfield, Liverpool were on top from beginning to end as United lost to their great rivals for the first time ...

Japan is marking the fifth anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that left more than 18,000 dead or missing. A minute’s silence will be held across Japan at 2:46pm (5:46 GMT), the time the quake hit. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Emperor Akihito will offer flowers at a memorial ceremony in Tokyo. The magnitude-9.0 quake struck offshore, creating a ...

The Zambia Center for Inter Party Dialogue (ZCID) is pleased with the prompt response by some political parties to calls to stop their cadres from wearing military like uniforms. ZCID Executive Director Horrance Chilando says political parties must be recommended for heeding to the call by stakeholders to stop their cadres from wearing such uniforms. He says political parties should ...

Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore Mpundu has called for the stiffening of laws in order to curb political violence in the country. Archbishop Mpundu tells QFM that cadres who perpetrate violence must be blacklisted and put behind bars. He points out that it is primitive for politicians to perpetrate political violence. Archbishop Mpundu has since urged the political leadership from ...