Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says Ivory Coast defender Kolo Toure is still part of his plans, but needs to talk to him about his future. The 35-year-old will be out of contract at the end of this season but is yet to discuss a new deal. “Kolo is a very, very important player for us, even when he doesn’t play,” ...

Barack Obama has urged the UK to stick with the EU, as he began his final trip to Britain as US president by having lunch with the Queen. Mr Obama, who is on a three-day visit with his wife Michelle, is meeting PM David Cameron for talks. Mr Obama has told the Daily Telegraph being in the EU magnified Britain’s ...

Evangelical Youth Alliance International (EYAI) Executive Director Moses Lungu has advised young people to portray a picture of the kind of leaders they will become in the near future. Rev Lungu says the picture that young people are painting leaves much to be desired on what kind of leaders the country will have in the near future. He notes that ...

Government has raised sixty five million United States Dollars for the sponsorship of girl child education. Gender Minister Professor Nkandu Luo disclosed this during the launch of the awareness campaign on ending child marriage and child prostitution in Lusaka’s Chawama Township today. Professor Luo says government does not want girl children to drop out of school in the name of ...

MMD National Secretary Mwansa Mbulakulima says it’s not true that the High Court dismissed the application for a consent order to pave way for the MMD convention. Mr. Mbulakulima says the truth of the matter is that an application for a consent order is before the constitutional court which is not yet operational. He explains that the consent order which ...

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has charged that President Edgar Lungu’s statement while in Eastern Province that two foreign nationals had been arrested in connection with the ritual killings triggered the looting of foreign owned shops in Lusaka. Mr. Hichilema adds that the President’s statement implying that some opposition leaders were behind the ritual killings was also careless as it could have ...

Government has agreed targets with the International Monetary Fund, preparing the way for a support programme by the fourth quarter of the year, Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba has said. Mr Yamba has said in a statement that proposals for a sliding scale to ensure mineral royalty taxes can respond to changes in metal export prices will be put ...

Government has directed all councils in the country to allocate 50 percent land to women. Lands, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Christabel Ngimbu says all local authorities should adhere to this directive. The Minister disclosed this in parliament today shortly before the House adopted the Report on the Committee on Lands, Environment and Tourism for the Fifth Session of ...

Power Dynamos’ recover process continues this Saturday when they host Forest Rangers at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe. The struggling six-time champions are looking to stay unbeaten for a third straight game, after picking up four points from their last two fixtures to ease the pressure on under-fire coach Tennant Chilumba. Power head into the home game a week after ...

The life of the singer Prince, who has died at the age of 57, is being marked with purple-coloured tributes. Buildings, newspaper front pages and websites across the US and beyond have changed colour in his honour. Prince was found dead at his Minnesota home on Thursday. He became a superstar in the 1980s, with the albums 1999, Purple Rain ...