Former Burkina Faso international Ben Idrissa Derme has died during a French Cup tie for amateur side AJ Biguglia. The 34-year-old suffered a heart attack early in the second half of the third-round tie while playing for the French sixth-division side. The medical services treated him on the pitch but were unable to revive him. Derme had been capped four ...

A cessation of hostilities has come into effect in Syria, although it is unclear how widely it will be observed. If the truce holds for seven days, the US and Russia will carry out co-ordinated air strikes against jihadist militants. The Syrian army says it is observing the truce but it is still unclear whether rebels will abide by it. ...

President Edgar Lungu has cautioned prisoners against abusing the presidential pardon once released from prison. President Lungu has observed that inmates who are released on presidential pardon have in the recent past abused their chances and ended up finding themselves back in prisons. ZANIS reports that the President said powers to forgive prisoners should not be taken for granted because ...

MMD Faction President Nevers Mumba has been granted a K10, 000 cash bail by a Lusaka Magistrate Court. Dr Mumba had earlier pleaded not guilty to one count of criminal trespass before Magistrate David Simusamba. Dr Mumba was arrested on Friday after he stormed the ZNBC TV 1 newsroom on 8th September seeking clarification on a news item aired on ...

The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has denied misappropriating K34 million donor funds. Addressing a media briefing following the findings of the KPMG In-depth review of the ZNFU audit, ZNFU vice president Richard Lisimba says Cooperating partners’ grants have largely been used on agreed programmes and activities. He says the says the K34 million reported in the media is based ...

  Supreme Court The Supreme Court has refused to grant the opposition UPND an interim order to block the inauguration of President-elect Edgar Lungu tomorrow. Judge Nigel Mutuna dismissed the applications with costs when he delivered ruling in chambers this afternoon. In his ruling, Judge Mutuna said he could not, as a single judge, hear an application for a conservatory ...

The Supreme Court is this afternoon set to rule on whether the inauguration of president-elect Edgar Lungu should go ahead or not while there are still Court processes challenging his re-election. The UPND which has challenged the declaration of President Lungu as winner of the August 11 presidential election had appealed to the Supreme Court to hear its application for ...

MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba has pleaded not guilty to one count of criminal trespass. Dr Mumba pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Lusaka Magistrate David Simusamba this morning. Dr Mumba is accused of trespassing after storming the ZNBC newsroom on 8th September to seek clarification over a news item on the 1900hrs news bulletin relating to the presidential petition. ...

ALEXIS Arquette has passed away aged 47, as family ‘cheered’ the moment she passed. The transgender activist was surrounded by family when she passed, and her wishes were fulfilled as they “cheered” the moment she passed. Her actor brother, Richmond Arquette, confirmed the news on Facebook, and shared details of her passing. Writing on an Alexis fan page, he wrote: ...

Government has been urged to sensitize the Zambian people what International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout is and its implications. The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) Executive Secretary Lewis Mwape has also warned Zambians to be ready themselves for harsher economic conditions in the coming months. Mr. Mwape says apart from the already deplorable living conditions, summarized by the deplorable ...