Prisons Care and Counseling Association (PRISCCA) says the pardoning of 554 prisoners by the President ahead of the Africa Freedom Day which falls tomorrow is a demonstration of Zambia’s declaration as a Christian nation. PRISCCA Executive Director Godfrey Malembeka notes that the pardoning of the 554 prisoners brings the total number of those pardoned in three years to 6,000 which ...

Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) says the discrepancies discovered in the ongoing verification of the voters register require urgent attention. Party Spokesperson Wesley Miyanda says it is disappointing to learn that a number of people have been displaced from their preferred polling stations. Mr. Miyanda points out that several people in Livingstone have been moved to other polling stations ...

The ruling Patriotic Front has denied involvement in the latest leadership dispute in the opposition MMD. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says it will not do the party any good to work with a divided MMD. Mr. Bwalya says MMD president Nevers Mumba should therefore not drag the PF into the wrangles that have rocked his party. Mr. Bwalya says ...

African Development Bank (AfDB) board of Governors Chairperson Alexander Chikwanda says the African continent can rise above its challenges if it improves capacities in economic management. Mr. Chikwanda says the continent can achieve this by turning its economic challenges into opportunities. Speaking during the official opening of the AfDB annual meetings in Lusaka today, Mr. Chikwanda who is also Zambia’s ...

The Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) says it plans to bring together the two faction presidents in the MMD to try and resolve the leadership dispute in the former ruling party. ZCID Executive Director Horrance Chilando says litigation will not help to bring peace and order in the party. Mr Chilando says Zambians at the moment do not know ...

Burt Kwouk, who was best known for playing Inspector Clouseau’s manservant Cato in the Pink Panther films, has died aged 85. He appeared in seven Pink Panther films opposite Peter Sellers as Clouseau’s servant who regularly attacked his employer to keep him alert. He also starred in BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine from 2002 to 2010. Born in ...

New satellite imagery appears to reveal extensive damage to a strategically significant airbase in central Syria used by Russian forces after an attack by so-called Islamic State (IS). Four helicopters and 20 lorries were destroyed in a series of fires inside the T4 base last week, the images from intelligence company Stratfor suggest. The cause of the fires is unconfirmed. ...

Zambian Champions ZESCO United Football Club has been drawn in Group A of the CAF Champions League alongside Egyptian giants and eight times winners Al Ahly Football club. The draws conducted at the CAF headquarters in Cairo today also pit the George Lwandamina tutored side against Ivorian giants Asec Mimosa and Wydad Athletic of Morocco. This is the second time ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) says it will not accept the outcome of the August 11 elections if it loses citing what it has described as the confusion surrounding the verification of the voters register. UPND Chairman for elections Ackson Sejani has told a media briefing in Lusaka this morning that the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) ...

President Edgar Lungu says energy shortages and climate variability and change have become a major threat to sustainable development in Africa. Speaking when he officially opened the African Development Bank (AfDB) Annual meetings in Lusaka today, President Lungu says growth on the African continent has already been reduced due to these changes. President Lungu points out that the International Monetary ...