The Islamic Supreme Council of Zambia (ISCZ) has advised political party leaders desist from making allegations of vote rigging ahead of the August 11 elections as they have the capacity to create chaos in the country. Council President Suzyo Zimba says political party leaders should be mindful of what they say as some of their supporters may not take such ...

Higher Education Minister Michael Kaingu has announced the reopening of the two public universities which were closed in February following students’ unrest. Dr. Kaingu has told Parliament in a ministerial statement that the Copperbelt University will reopen on 17th April, 2016, while the University of Zambia will reopen on 24th April, 2016. He says this is after managements at the ...

MMD founder Member Gaston Sichilima has announced the suspension of party president Nevers Mumba. Mr. Sichilima who served as deputy minister in six different ministries including in the office of the vice president under the MMD government has told QFM in a walk-in interview that he has further given Dr. Mumba seven days in which relinquish his position as President ...

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has opposed the decision by the Electoral Commission of Zambia to settle for Al Ghurair printing and publishing of Dubai as the printer for ballot papers for the August 11 elections. Mr. Hichilema has accused the ruling Patriotic Front of planning to rig the elections by printing ballot papers in Dubai. Speaking when he received defectors ...

The net of suspects from the Paris terror attacks has once again reached Belgium, with three people detained in the Brussels area Tuesday. A judge is expected to decide Wednesday whether to hold the people detained, the Belgian prosecutor said. The shootings and bombings on November 13 killed at least 130 people in Paris. The investigation led authorities to Belgium, ...

Lusaka Dynamos coach Perry Mutapa is upbeat over prospects for the 2016 Faz Super League season after making an improved start to the campaign. Dynamos are 12th and have 4 points from as many matches with a game in hand to better their start in the 2015 season when they were promoted back to the Faz Super League when they ...

Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres said on Tuesday he was wrongly dismissed in last week’s Champions League quarter final first leg with Barcelona. The striker is suspended from Wednesday’s second leg for getting sent off in the 35th minute at the Nou Camp for a double booking, shortly after giving Atletico the lead. Barcelona took advantage of having an extra ...

Boko Haram’s use of child bombers has increased over the last year with one in five suicide attacks now done by children, the UN’s child agency says. Girls, who are often drugged, were behind three-quarters of such attacks committed by the militant Islamist group in Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad. It is an 11-fold increase with four attacks in 2014 compared ...

FATIMA Ptacek, the voice behind children’s character Dora The Explorer, has reportedly been suspended from school for vaping in the bathroom. The 15 year old actress was allegedly caught smoking with 2 friends at her prestigious school in Manhattan, New York. According to the New York Daily News, the teenager was caught smoking a “caramel-flavoured vapour” in the bathroom of ...

Music producer and Reality television star David Gest has died in a London hotel aged 62, a statement from his friend says. Gest, who was 62 years old, passed away at the Four Seasons hotel in Canary Wharf. His friend Imad Handi confirmed the news in a statement released on Monday afternoon. “It is with great sadness that I can ...