Turkey has bombarded so-called Islamic State (IS) targets in northern Syria amid reports Syrian rebels are to launch an offensive against the group. Artillery positions inside Turkey fired on IS as well as Kurdish YPG militia targets in the towns of Jarablus and Manbij. Some 1,500 Turkish-backed Syrian rebels are thought to be in the Turkish town of Gaziantep waiting ...

Guinea-Bissau will play at its first ever Africa Cup of Nations finals after a protest by Zambia was dismissed. The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has ruled that Papa Massa Mbaye Fall is eligible to play for Guinea Bissau. The Football Association of Zambia claimed Mbaye Fall had previously played for Senegal after their 3-2 loss in a 2017 qualifier ...

The Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority (ZAMRA) has observed that cases of illegal prescription drugs in the country have drastically reduced because of the measures it has put in place. ZAMRA Public Relations Officer Ludovic Mwape says with the introduction of the health shops, the country will see a further reduction in illegal drugs outlets. Mr. Mwape says it is gratifying ...

The Zambia Information and Communication Authority (ZICTA) last night stormed the MUVI Television studios along Nangwenya road and confiscated the analogue transmitter. This development comes hours after the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) suspended broadcasting licenses for Muvi TV, Komboni Radio and Radio Itezhi Tezhi. ZICTA Officers, who were in the company of police officers, stormed the MUVI TV Studios along ...

Freedom Fighters have been called upon not to ignore what is currently obtaining in the country in the aftermath of August 11th general election. Chief Mukobela of the Ila speaking people in Namwala District says the founding fathers  must call warring leaders and sit them down to remind them of  how the nation was founded. He says the current situation ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) says Zambia would not be in constitutional crisis had government heed to calls to adopt the whole constitution through the referendum and not Parliament. ZCSD Executive Director Lewis Mwape says this is because when the constitution bill was taken to parliament for adoption, some provisions in the final draft constitution were removed. Mr. ...

Most of the victims of the bombing of a Kurdish wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday were children, media reports say. Twenty-nine victims were under the age of 18, reports said, with one official saying 22 were under the age of 14. The death toll rose to 54 on Monday. The suicide bomber himself was a ...

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has signalled he may drop his proposal to deport 11 million people who are living illegally in the US. His campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said the mass deportation plan, which was a central plank of his campaign, was yet “to be determined”. Her comments at the weekend came after Mr Trump met with a new ...

Confederation of Trade Unions in Zambia (COTUZ) President Joe Kamutumwa says the opposition UPND largely contributed to the failure of the national referendum on the bill of rights . And Mr Kamutumwa says the UPND is enjoying the benefits that came with the amended constitution which they refused to support. He says UPND has filed the petition in Constitution Court ...

The Anti Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) says it is shocking that the referendum has failed despite a huge turnout of voters during the August 11th general election. AVAP Executive Director Richwell Mulwani says stakeholders should take responsibility for the failure of the referendum. In an interview with QFM, Mr. Mulwani notes the need to differentiate politics from matters of national ...