At least 45,000 people have been rounded up, sacked or suspended from their jobs by Turkey’s government in the wake of last week’s failed coup. The purge of those deemed less than loyal to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan widened on Tuesday to include teachers, university deans and the media. The government says they are allied to US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, ...

The ruling Patriotic Front in Monze District says the opposition UPND will not achieve anything by opposing almost everything. PF Monze District Chairman Gilbert Mwila says the move by the UPND to place demands before signing the peace pledge prepared by the Electoral Commission of Zambia is painting a very bad image of the party. Mr. Mwila adds that the ...

The Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has hailed the Zambia Police Service for the fair manner in which it is applying the Public Order Act during the ongoing campaigns. FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says the Police have so far exhibited professionalism in administering the controversial law. Mr Mwanza says the fear of the party before the campaign period was ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) president Hakainde Hichilema has maintained that the Patriotic Front plans to have the elections postponed. Mr. Hichilema says the PF has continued to cause violence with the hope that the UPND will react so that the Electoral Commission of Zambia can find reason to postpone the elections. He says Zambians will not allow what ...

The press regulator has received more than 1400 complaints about remarks Kelvin MacKenzie made in The Sun criticising a journalist for wearing a hijab while reporting the Nice attack. The paper’s former editor questioned whether Fatima Manji should have been allowed to appear on Channel 4 News. The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) said it would assess the complaints. Channel ...

Russia must wait to learn if it can send a team to next month’s Olympics after calls for it to be barred from the Rio Games for operating a four-year, state-sponsored doping programme. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it will “explore the legal options” before deciding whether to implement “a collective ban” on all Russian competitors for the global ...

More than 15,000 education staff in Turkey have been suspended after last week’s failed coup, as a purge of state officials widens still further. The ministry of education accused them of links to Fethullah Gulen, a US-based cleric the Turkish government says was behind Friday’s uprising. Mr Gulen denies any involvement in the coup attempt. More than 1,500 university deans ...

The Anti Corruption Commission says it has so far recorded five cases of suspected electoral corruption. ACC Public Relations Manager Timothy Moono has told a quarterly media briefing in Lusaka today that these cases relate to suspicion in the manner some of the Grade 12 Certificates were obtained as well as how some National Registration Cards were acquired by some ...

President Edgar Lungu has promised to construct a University and a stadium in Kasama district in Northern Province. Speaking when he addressed a rally at Kasama gold club this afternoon, president Lungu has also promised to upgrade Kasama General Hospital. And President Lungu says UPND vice president for administration Geoffrey Mwamba always wants to harvest where he did not sow. ...

The Non Governmental Organizations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has demanded the immediate independent investigations and commencement of prosecution of State House Aide Kaizar Zulu who is alleged to have assaulted a 25-year-old woman of Lusaka’s chilenje township. NGOCC Executive Director Engwase Mwale says her organisation is deeply disappointed with the reported violent conduct of the Presidential Advisor which does not befit ...