Zambia is among 15 African countries that have endorsed the safe schools declaration. Other countries that have endorsed the declaration are central Africa republic ,Chad ,Cote D’ivoire, Kenya,Liberia,Madagascar,Mozambique ,Niger,Nigeria,Serria leone,Somalia,South Africa, South Sudan and Sudan. The Safe Schools Declaration is a political and practical initiative to reduce the impact of conflict on education. It was first endorsed by governments at ...

The Zambia Chamber of Mines has welcomed amendments to the 2015 Mines and Minerals Development Act passed by parliament last Friday. Chamber President Nathan Chishimba says given the pivotal importance of the mining industry in promoting long term diversified economic growth, the mining industry supports the forward thinking policy shift by Government, which will no doubt bear fruit in time ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has revised nomination fees for aspiring Mayor,Council Chairperson and Councillors. ECZ Public Relations Manager says candidates aspiring for the position of Mayor will now be required to pay K7,500,00,with candidates for the position of Council Chairperson required to pay K3,500,00 , while those vying to be councilors for city and municipalities will required to pay ...

The Law Association of Zambia says Ministers will cease to hold their positions once Parliament is dissolved. LAZ President Linda Kasonde in a statement issued to QFM News says on reading Article 116(1) together with Article 72(1) of the constitution, LAZ is of the view that once Parliament has been dissolved, a Minister appointed from the members of parliament or ...

Four people have appeared in the Lusaka Magistrate Court jointly charged with seven counts of murder relating to the suspected ritual killings in Lusaka’s George compound between 16th March and 17th April 2016. The four suspects who appeared before Lusaka Resident Magistrate Greenwell Malumani are Lucky Siame, Lewis Chishimba Bwalya, Christopher Kasapo and Elvis Nyanga. Among them are two army ...

German champions Bayern Munich have signed Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels and Benfica midfielder Renato Sanches from the start of next season. Hummels, 27, will join Bayern on a five-year deal subject to a medical. Bayern have paid Benfica €35m (£27.5m) for 18-year-old midfielder Sanches, who was also wanted by Manchester United, in a deal which could rise to €45m. ...

A sculpture by Auguste Rodin has sold for a record $20.4m (£14m) at an auction of impressionist and modern art in the US. The French sculptor’s Eternal Springtime was created from a single block of marble around 1901, according to art experts. The sculpture’s buyer has not been disclosed by Sotheby’s New York. The previous highest price paid for a ...

Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima this month – the first serving US president to travel to the Japanese city since it was hit by a US nuclear bomb in 1945. The visit will be part of an Asian trip from 21-28 May that will also take in Vietnam. The Hiroshima bombing on 6 August 1945 killed 140,000 people. Along ...

Home Affairs Minister Davies Mwila says the controversial Public Order Act will remain as it is. Mr Mwila has told Parliament in a ministerial statement this is because the quality of submissions received from stakeholders have not been adequate to bring about substantive changes to the Public Order Act. He says the Public Order Act will therefore remain as it ...

Government has maintained the Food Reserve Agency maize floor price for the 2016/2017 marketing season at K75.00 for a 50kg bag. Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda has told Parliament that the FRA will buy one million metric tonnes of maize of the two point eight million metric tonnes the country is expected to produce. Mr. Lubinda says the FRA expected to ...