Defender Laurent Koscielny returns from injury as Arsenal attempt to overturn a two-goal deficit against Barcelona in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. The Gunners trail 2-0 from the first leg and must score twice at the Nou Camp to have any chance of progressing. “We don’t have to calculate too much, we know we have to ...

The Lusaka province Women’s Fellowship of the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has recommended that the Grade 12 Certificate requirement for people seeking elective political office be reviewed for local government and Parliamentary candidates. In a communiqué issued following a women’s symposium on building capacity of women to participate in governance held on Monday in Lusaka, the women expressed ...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars, has added “diverse voices” to its board after a row about ethnic diversity. Three new governors have been appointed, including African-American producer Reginald Hudlin and Korean-born director Jennifer Yuh Nelson. The move comes after several Hollywood figures boycotted this year’s Oscars. Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said the ...

The United Party for National Development says it is too late for President Edgar Lungu to start going round the country to woo voters on pretext of inspecting various developmental projects. UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani says President Lungu missed the opportunity given to him by Zambians. He says President Lungu will regret not taking advantage ...

President Barack Obama has announced he is nominating veteran appeals court judge Merrick Garland to be the next US Supreme Court Justice. The Supreme Court vacancy follows the death of Antonin Scalia last month. Judge Garland, 63, is viewed as a moderate and has won praise from senior Republican figures. The appointment has to be ratified by the Senate, but ...

The European Union Delegation and the Heads of Mission of EU Member States are deeply concerned by the recent incidents of politically motivated violence in Zambia. They note that the absence of violence is required to guarantee the Zambian people their democratic rights to free, fair and peaceful elections. In a statement issued today, they state that preventing such incidents ...

The fuel shortage in Kitwe on the Copperbelt has entered day four today. Motorists and other users of petroleum products have been forced to spend most of their time looking for the commodity from one filling station to the other. QFM’S Favourite Kalando reports from Kitwe that the only filling station which has fuel is Total filling station which has ...

  President Edgar Lungu says it is shameful for opposition leaders to fail to denounce violence perpetrated by their party youths. President Lungu says he has noted that despite the opposition calling for dialogue and an end to violence, none of the opposition leaders has admonished their youths for engaging in violence. He says as Republican and Patriotic Front President ...

The Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) will from March 30th to March 31st 2016 hold a national democracy stakeholders summit. ZCID board Chairperson Captain Walusiku Lyambela has told a media briefing that the aim of summit is to facilitate inter sectorial dialogue on politics and development in Zambia, and to solicit for creative, innovative and constructive ideas on strengthening ...

  The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, has today handed-over to the Zambian Government infrastructure works in Mayukwayukwa, Western Province, worth US$ 883 thousand. This is part of the US$1.6 million worth infrastructure upgrading and construction projects mainly in the health and education sectors under the local integration programme. Speaking during the handover ceremony today, UNHCR Representative Laura Lo Castro thanked ...