Former republican vice president Guy Scott has endorsed opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema as his preferred presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections. Dr. Scott who is also PF Lusaka Central Member of Parliament says he finds Mr. Hichilema to be the best candidate to become Zambia’s next republican president. He says as founder member of the ruling PF he ...

BBC One’s tense thriller The Night Manager averaged 6.6m viewers for its final episode, beating ITV’s Our Queen at 90 by one million viewers to win the Easter weekend TV battle. However ITV’s documentary, which began an hour earlier, did beat BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow, which averaged 4.9m. The Night Manager, an updated version of John Le Carre’s 1993 novel, ...

A man known as Faycal C, the only person arrested and charged with involvement in the Brussels attacks, has been released for lack of evidence. Belgian media gave his name as Faycal Cheffou and said he was suspected of being the mystery third man seen in CCTV footage of the bombers. Tuesday’s attacks on the airport and the city’s metro ...

President Edgar Lungu has confirmed his participation in tomorrow’s talks which the Catholic Bishops have called for all political party leaders. President Lungu says he wants to ensure that political violence is put to end prior the August 11th general elections. He says he expects all political party leaders that will attend the talks to agree on how best political ...

Congo and Zambia played to their second consecutive 1-1 draw in a Group E, Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Stade Alphonse Massamba Debat in Brazzaville on Sunday. The two sides had played to a 1-1 draw four days earlier at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola and it was the same score on Easter Sunday. Jordan Massengo opened ...

Winston Kalengo rescued a point as he scored a 72nd minute equaliser to cancel out Jordan Massengo’s 47th minute opener for Congo and Zambia to share the spoils in a Group E 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match at the New Kintele Stadium on Sunday. This was the second 1 -1 draw between the two sides in four days ...

People in Pakistan are mourning the deaths of more than 70 people including 29 children in a suicide attack in a Lahore park. The regional government announced three days of mourning, with one day declared in other parts of Pakistan. Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar said it carried out the attack and targeted Christians celebrating Easter. At least 300 people were ...

Senanga Member of Parliament Likando Mufalali has observed that failure to release the 2015 and 2016 CDF allocations is an indication of the many failures of the PF government. Mr. Mufalali who is a UPND law maker says he does see any other reason why government should not release these funds when it is law that they must be disbursed. ...

Retired veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga says the legacy he has in mind as a politician is to be remembered as someone who contributed towards the struggle for Zambia’s independence. Dr. Mwaanga says he also wanted to be remembered as someone who contributed towards building a new Zambia. In an interview Dr. Mwaanga says he further hopes that part of his ...

Opposition UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has been advised to realize that he has nothing to lose by giving President Edgar Lungu the respect he deserves. Mr. Hichilema is being counseled to be mindful that he will need the same respect he is denying President Lungu whenever he becomes the Country’s Head of State. The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is ...