A 21-year-old man has been killed in a suspected ritual murder in Lusaka’s George compound, the sixth of such murders in the area in a space of three weeks. The body of Amos Sichamba was discovered this morning with ears and private parts cut off and the heart ripped out. And Police who only managed to pick the body at ...

Panama is creating an international panel to help improve transparency in its offshore financial industry. The move follows the leak of millions of documents from law firm Mossack Fonseca, showing it helped some clients evade tax and avoid sanctions. Several countries are probing possible financial crimes by the rich and powerful in the aftermath of the leak. President Juan Carlos ...

Nkana continue to enjoy a healthy lead at the summit of the Faz Super League table after a 1-0 home win over promoted Kabwe Warriors. The record 12-time champions extended their lead from three to five points at the top of the log after picking up their fourth straight victory and maintaining their perfect start to 2016. However, it took ...

Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid suffered a shock 2-0 Champions League defeat at Wolfsburg in Wednesday’s quarterfinal, first-leg to leave them on the verge of a European exit. Just five days after ending Barcelona’s 39-game unbeaten run with a 2-1 away win in El Clasico, Real were humbled as Wolfsburg ignored their struggling mid-table form in Germany’s top flight. Real never ...

The Zambian Voice says there is need to appreciate the importance of civil order as Government and other stakeholders ponder on having the Public Order Act amended. Executive Director Chilufya Tayali says his organization believes that this should be done while at the same time upholding people’s democratic rights. In an interview, Mr. Tayali says the Zambian Voice does not ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama says those suggesting that the lives of the Zambian people have not changed since the PF came to power in 2011 are not telling the truth. Mr. Chama says people making suggestions are only doing it out of hatred for the ruling PF and its leadership. He says to the contrary, the Country has ...

Inspector General of Police Kakoma Kanganja says the deployment of Police recruits in Lusaka is aimed at enhancing the security of residents. Reacting to reports that the recruits deployed to conduct night patrols in the city are beating up people and charging those caught for loitering K55 to be let go, Mr.  Kanganja says it is wrong for the officers ...

Suspended MMD Spokesperson Raphael Nakachinda says there is need for the former ruling party to go for the convention to elect a new leadership. Mr. Nakachinda says this is the only way the party will be force to reckon with in the forthcoming elections. He says the mandate for the current party leadership is coming to an end this month, ...

Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza has expressed concern that a week after getting an assurance from political parties that they will refrain from acts of violence, the ruling PF and opposition UPND have clashed in Kasama. Reverend Mwanza who was one of the Facilitators of the Indaba held in Lusaka last week laments that the two ...