An early Lucian Freud painting worth at least £300,000 has been identified by the BBC, despite the artist’s own denials that it was his work. The painting, by the acclaimed portrait artist who died in 2011, was identified by BBC One show Fake Or Fortune. Experts at Christie’s auction house claimed it to be a Freud in 1985, but the ...

Russia operated a state-sponsored doping programme for four years across the “vast majority” of summer and winter Olympic sports, claims a new report. It was “planned and operated” from late 2011 – including the build-up to London 2012 – and continued through the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics until August 2015. An investigation commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says ...

A former Turkish air force commander has confessed to planning last week’s attempted military coup, the state-run Anadolu news agency reports. Gen Akin Ozturk was quoted as having told interrogators that he “acted with intention to stage a coup”. Photographs of the general published by Anadolu appeared to show several injuries to his head and upper body. The general had ...

President Edgar Lungu has assured the people of Lupososhi constituency that the area will be gazetted as a district after the elections which he says he is confident of winning. President Lungu says Lupososhi will be a fully fledged district by January, 2017. Speaking when addressing a public rally at Mumba area in Lupososhi constituency in Luwingu district today, President ...

The National House of Prayer Advisory Board and the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia have blamed political party leaders for inciting violence by their use of hate speech and personal attacks against their opponents. In a joint statement, National House of Prayer Advisory Board Chairperson Bishop Joshua Banda and EFZ Executive Director Pukuta Mwanza note that if leaders of political parties ...

United Progressive Party (UPP) President Dr. Saviour Chishimba has signed the peace pledge drafted by the Electoral Commission of Zambia for conducting peaceful campaigns ahead of the August 11th general election. Dr. Chishimba was among the four political party leaders that initially did not sign the peace accord last Friday after a meeting organized by the ECZ. Briefing journalists at ...

Three UPND members have died on the spot while 18 others have sustained serious injuries after falling off a moving Mitsubishi canter registration number ALZ 7103 which was ferrying them to a rally. Police Assistant Public Relations Officer Esther Katongo has told QFM that the accident happened this morning around 10hrs on the bottom toad in Munyumbwe of Gwembe district. ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has lifted the suspension on political campaigns in Lusaka and Namwala districts. Briefing journalists in Lusaka this afternoon, ECZ Spokesperson Chris Akufuna says the commission hopes political parties will conduct their campaigns peacefully in the remaining period before the elections. He has also disclosed that in response to the violence stemming from political party ...

President Edgar Lungu has commissioned the 175 kilometers Mansa-Luwingu road under the Link Zambia 8000 project constructed at a total cost of over US$150 million. President Lungu says Government has placed priority on road infrastructure development because roads had the capacity to open up areas to economic development through agriculture, tourism, trade and other sectors which depend on a good ...

The Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops formerly Zambia Episcopal Conference has observed that Zambia’s record of being peaceful is increasingly being threatened by the increasing incidents of politically motivated violence and continued tension between members of Political parties. In a Pastoral ahead of the August 11th elections, the Bishops are deeply saddened by the increasing number of cases of political ...