Turkey’s president has declared a state of emergency for three months following Friday night’s failed army coup. The emergency allows the president and cabinet to bypass parliament when drafting new laws and to restrict or suspend rights and freedoms. Speaking at the presidential palace in Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that “all the viruses within the armed forces will be ...

The United Party for National Development (UPND) has rescinded its decision not to attend the National Day of Prayer called by the National House of Prayer Board. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka in a statement says party vice president for politics Canisius Banda will lead the UPND delegation in joining the National House of Prayer in Lusaka for prayers for ...

Chief Justice Irene Mambilima has bemoaned the continued abuse of citizens’ rights to liberty by various stakeholders in the country’s criminal justice system. Justice Mambilima has observed that this is due to the complexity of the system which she says tends to breakdown at any of its stage in some instances. She says such a breakdown in the system is what leads ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says there no law that gives it power to postpone a general election. Responding to insinuations that the Commission intends to postpone the August 11th elections, ECZ Spokesperson Crispin Akufuna says the Commission can only postpone a by-election if the environment is conducive to hold a peaceful, credible and fair election. Mr. Akufuna says ...

Zambia are confident of defending their Cosafa Under-17 title in Mauritius this weekend. Young Chipolopolo left for Mauritius on Tuesday to defend the Cosafa title they won in 2014 in Zimbabwe. “We have prepared adequately for the tournament. I know it will be tough but we are ready to do our best so that the trophy comes back to Zambia,” ...

The young woman to whom Vincent Van Gogh gave his severed ear has been named as Gabrielle Berlatier. The Art Newspaper tracked down the farmer’s daughter’s full name after a new book on the artist, published last week, referred to the woman. The discovery of her name comes after it was suggested Van Gogh cut off his entire ear, rather ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has launched the K1.5 billion Kafue Bulk Water project. Speaking during the launch of the project in Kafue today, President Lungu disclosed that government has contributed K225 million as counterpart funding towards the project. President Lungu says the project once completed is expected to produce 50 million liters of treated water per day which will result ...

Turkey has formally charged 99 generals and admirals in connection with the weekend’s thwarted coup attempt – just under a third of the country’s 356 top military officers. President Erdogan is meeting with loyal commanders and his cabinet in Ankara. Authorities have banned all academics from travelling abroad, as the purge of state employees suspected of being connected to the ...

Kitwe District Commissioner Chanda Kabwe has called upon political parties in the district to desist from politics of violence. Mr. Kabwe is concerned that some political parties have gone to the extent of taking their violent campaigns to trading places in the District thereby affecting people’s businesses. He has advised political parties to take violence to their party secretariats if ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) is dismayed at the level of commitment by government towards special education. ZCSD Executive Director Lewis Mwape says people living with disability seem to receive a raw deal in terms of education delivery, despite education playing a major role in changing the lives of people and the nation at large. Mr Mwape says ...