Monthly Archives: March 2016

EgyptAir hijack: Egypt requests suspect’s extradition

Egypt has asked Cyprus to extradite the man accused of hijacking an airliner on Tuesday, Egyptian prosecutors say. Seif al-Din Mustafa, described by Cypriot officials as being mentally disturbed, used a fake suicide belt to hijack the Egyptair flight and forced it to fly to Larnaca. Egyptian prosecutors said Mr Mustafa should be handed over under a 1996 bilateral extradition ...

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Paris attacks: Hollande drops plans to strip nationality

French President Francois Hollande has dropped plans to change the constitution to strip militants convicted of terror attacks of their French nationality. “A compromise appears out of reach,” Mr Hollande said after the two houses of parliament failed to agree the reforms. The proposal followed November’s Paris attacks which killed 130 people. But it ran into huge opposition and led ...

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Political parties commended

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has commended political parties for showing political will to end violence following the resolutions of yesterday’s meeting of party Presidents facilitated by the Church. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says the increasing political violence was turning into a crisis. Mr. Cheembe tells QFM News via telephone from Solwezi that ...

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Peace treaty signed

  Eighteen Political Party leaders late last night agreed to end political violence during a meeting facilitated by the church mother bodies namely Zambia Episcopal Conference, Council of Churches in Zambia and the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia. Reading out the communiqué of the meeting last night, Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka Telesphore Mpundu said the leaders agreed to use existing leadership ...

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Woody Allen movie to open Cannes

Woody Allen’s latest work, Cafe Society, will open this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Starring Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg and Steve Carell, the movie centres on the buzzing cafe society of 1930s Hollywood. It makes Allen the first director to present three opening-night films at Cannes. Hollywood Ending opened the annual festival in 2002, and Midnight in Paris in 2011. According ...

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Over 61 motorists charged for drunk driving during Easter

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has charged over 61 motorists in Lusaka for driving under the influence of alcohol during Easter Period contrary to section 157 of the Road Traffic Act number 11 of 2002. RTSA Acting Senior Public Relations Manager Fredrick Mubanga says the 61 motorists who were apprehended over the Ester holiday will appear in the ...

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ZP records 210 road traffic accidents during Easter

The Zambia Police Service says it recorded a total of 210 Road Traffic Accidents during the Easter period in which 21 people died. Police Deputy Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says when compared 2015 when the police recorded 291, this indicates a 31% reduction in Road Traffic Accidents. In a statement made available to QFM News today, Mr. Hamoonga says 21 fatalities ...

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Indaba on violence unnecessary – Simutanyi

Political analyst Neo Simutanyi says he does not see the necessity of holding an indaba of political party leaders aimed at curbing political violence in the Country such as the one held today. Dr. Simutanyi says it is in fact a waste of time to hold such a meeting and expect political violence to end. He says the country does ...

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Police thwart smuggling of 500 bags of mealie-meal

Police in Kitwe have arrested four people and impounded a truck loaded with more than 500x 25kilogramme bags of mealie-meal suspected to be destined for smuggling to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kitwe District Commissioner Chanda Kabwe says the truck was impounded on Monday night around 21.00hours at a house in Kwacha Township on Kazembe road where it was being ...

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