Daily Archives: April 23, 2016

Liverpool’s Sakho fails drugs test

  Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho is being investigated by Uefa after failing a drugs test. Although the France international, 26, is not officially suspended, he will “not be available” for selection during the investigation, Liverpool said. BBC Radio 5 live senior football reporter Ian Dennis said Sakho failed a test after the Europa League victory over Manchester United on 17 ...

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Merkel visits migrants in Turkish camp

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and top EU officials are visiting a migrant camp on the Turkish-Syrian border, as they seek to bolster a controversial EU-Turkey deal. The delegation is inspecting living conditions at the Nizip camp, home to some 5,000 migrants. However, rights groups have criticised the visit as “sanitised”. They also question the legality of the deal, which deports ...

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Evelyn Hone College launches ODF Learning Program

Evelyn Hone College in partnership with Astria Learning has launched the Open, Distance and Flexible (ODF) Learning Program to enable efficiency and High Quality training for the learners. And Higher Education Minister Michael Kaingu is optimistic that opening up for open and distance higher learning institutions in Zambia will improve many Zambian’s professional qualifications. Dr. Kaingu says this in turn ...

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Campaign for Clean Politics warns of voter apathy in August

Campaign for Clean Politics (CCP) has warned of voter apathy in the August 11th general elections if the issue of ritual killings is not fully addressed in the Country. The CCP which is a civil society organization that champions clean and issue based politics is concerned that the killings are creating fear and terror in the minds of the people. ...

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Unemployment is due to tribalism- ZED

The opposition Zambians for Empowerment (ZED) has attributed the high levels of unemployment in Zambia to tribalism and corruption. The ZED is of the view that tribalism and corruption must not therefore be overlooked as the Country ponders on addressing the issue of unemployment. ZED spokesperson Wesley Miyanda has observed that tribalism and corruption have gone a long way to ...

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‘No sign’ Prince’s death was suicide

There is “no reason to believe” that Prince’s death was suicide, the sheriff of the Minnesota county where the singer had his home has said after a post-mortem examination. There was no sign of trauma on the body, Sheriff Jim Olson said, suggesting the singer had died alone. Prince, 57, was found dead in a lift on his Paisley Park ...

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Bangladesh professor hacked to death

A university professor has been hacked to death in Bangladesh, in an attack police say is similar to a number of killings of secular bloggers and atheist activists in the past months. AFM Rezaul Karim Siddique, 58, was a professor of English at Rajshahi University in the west of the country. He was attacked with machetes by unidentified assailants while ...

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Zambian Voice questions Lusaka ritual killings

The Zambian Voice has observed the need to take very seriously the reported ritual killings that have been said to have taken place in Lusaka. Executive Director Chilufya Tayali says his organization has taken note the issue of ritual killings has not received the attention it deserve. In an interview Mr. Tayali says the Zambian Voice believes that the speculations ...

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Protect remaining jobs, HH urges govt

Opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has called on government to protect the remaining jobs for Zambians in the Country. Mr. Hichilema is urging government to do so especially in the wake of some companies shutting down their businesses owing to the continued electricity load shedding in the Country. Speaking when he toured selected milling companies in Lusaka, Mr. Hichilema observed ...

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President Lungu assures protection for foreigners

President Edgar Lungu has assured all foreigners in Zambia of full protection of their lives and property. President Lungu has further assured all foreigners and the nation in general that the isolated disturbances in some townships in Lusaka have ended. In a statement made available to Qfm News by his Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations President Lungu says ...

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