England women began their World Twenty20 campaign with a routine 36-run victory over Bangladesh in Bangalore. England, champions in 2009 and runners-up in the past two tournaments, were taken to their total of 153-7 by 60 from captain Charlotte Edwards. Bangladesh, who have only won five of the 29 T20 matches they have played, never threatened the target. Katherine Brunt ...

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia chapter is alarmed by threats of violence against journalists at Kasama’s Radio Mano who are currently living in fear for their lives. MISA Zambia Chairperson Hellen Mwale in a statement says they have received a complaint to the effect that two senior Patriotic Front officials directed cadres during a meeting in Kasama ...

Zambia Youths Association in the Fight Against Corruption (ZYAFAC) has expressed concern over Higher Education Minister Michael Kaingu’s assertion that the Grade 12 School Certificate requirement for elective office has been wrongly interpreted. ZYAFAC Executive Director Rickson Kanema says his organisation feels the clarification the Director of the Examinations Council of Zambia, Dr. Michael Chilala gave through the media that ...

UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema says calls by President Edgar Lungu to end violence in the country have never been genuine. Mr. Hichilema in a statement says President Lungu’s calls are mere public relations stunts meant to hoodwink the Zambian people. He has also noted that there is serious selective application of the law in the country as ruling party cadres ...

The American singer, Frank Sinatra Junior, who carried on his father’s legacy with his own career in music, has died at the age of 72. He suffered a heart attack in Daytona Beach in Florida where he was due to play a concert on Wednesday evening. He followed his father in the music business as a teenager, and later became ...

The US says the Islamic State (IS) group has committed genocide against Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims. US Secretary of State John Kerry said IS was “genocidal by self-proclamation, by ideology and by actions”. He also said the group was responsible for crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing in areas it controls in Syria and Iraq. “Naming these crimes is ...

State House Deputy Minister Mulenga Sata is the new Lusaka Province Minister. The President’s Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says Mr. Sata has replaced Obvious Mwaliteta who recently resigned from government. Mr. Chanda says President Lungu has since tasked Mr. Sata to use his experience as Mayor and Councilor to help stabilize operations and government programs ...

President Edgar Lungu has attributed the fuel shortage being experienced in some parts of the Country to challenges in the procurement process. He says sluggish banking transactions have resulted in one of the fuel shipments being anchored in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for one week now. President Lungu has however, assured the nation that he will not tolerate such sluggishness ...

Four people have been brutally murdered in Lusaka’s George Compound in suspected ritual murders. Police picked up the bodies of four males this morning which had private parts and ears missing near a place called ‘The Paradise’ in George Compound. The bodies which had multiple head injuries were discovered by members of the public. Police Spokesperson Charity Munganga-Chanda has told ...

Konkola Copper Mines has spent over 160 Million United States dollars in Cooperate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the last 10 years. KCM Community Relations Manager, Brian Siatubi says the mining giant has spent the funds in various sectors which include health and education. Speaking to journalists after the tour of Ndeleni Early Childhood Care Education and Development Centre in Chingola’s ...