The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has cited abrogation of the electoral code of conduct as one of the reasons why violence erupts during elections. YALI governance advisor Isaac Mwanza says his organization is however glad that youth leaders of various political parties are realizing the need to start implementing the electoral code of conduct. In an interview with QTV ...

The treasury released a total of K8.1 billion to facilitate government operations, to service debt, and finance development projects in March this year. In the same month the treasury also raised  K6.87 billion in revenue and grants. Ministry of Finance Public Relations Officer Chileshe Kandeta has disclosed due to high expenditure requirements, an overall deficit of K1.25 billion was however ...

Zambia was on Friday the 22 of April among 175 UN member states that signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in New York. Several world leaders participated in the signing ceremony and reaffirmed their commitment to ensure that the historic agreement was implemented for the benefit of the current and future generations. Presiding over the Signature Ceremony in the ...

  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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...