The Zambia Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) Alliance has observed that over the last few years, National Budget allocations to Nutrition have remained significantly low and almost stagnant. CSO-SUN Programs Officer Mwandwe Chileshe says in view of the fact that 40% of Zambia’s children are stunted, 6% wasted and 15% underweight, the funding does not match the problem. Ms ...

The Accident Victims Association of Zambia (AVAZ) has appealed to the Road Traffic and Safety Agency (RTSA) to speed up measures aimed at stopping transportation of goods and passengers at night. AVAZ Chairperson Maurice Kalimukwa says this measure will reduce fatigue in most drivers. Mr. Kalimukwa his organization has learnt of the road traffic accident involving a Power Tools Bus ...

United Progressive People’s party (UPP) President Saviour Chishimba says President Edgar Lungu’s success in office will largely depend on the cabinet that he forms to work with for the next five years. Dr. Chishimba says all the preliminary policy pronouncements that President Lungu made during the inauguration ceremony will remain mere rhetoric if the next full cabinet will have the ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has encouraged Zambians to remain strong amidst justice mischief He has also called on UPND Members across the Country not lose hope stressing that the battle for a free Zambia has just begun. Mr. Hichilema has expressed confidence that justice over the alleged stolen victory from him and the ...

Johannesburg (CNN) Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been readmitted to a South African hospital after he started showing signs of infection after surgery he had earlier this month, his family said Saturday. The 84-year-old Nobel laureate had spent three weeks in a Cape Town hospital, from last month until Wednesday, to receive treatment for a recurring infection, and he had minor ...

Copperbelt Minister Bowman Lusambo has pledged to implement an open door policy as he begins his tenure as provincial minister. Mr. Lusambo says all the residents of the Copperbelt should be free to access his office to discuss developmental programmes aimed at fostering development in the province. Mr. Lusambo says time for politicking is now gone adding that time has ...

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia Chapter says it wants President Edgar Lungu to direct Parliament during the next seating to ensure that the Access to Information Bill is enacted into law. MISA Zambia Chairperson Hellen Mwale says they are aware that the access to information bill was provided for in the bill of rights but that the ...

Two people out of the twenty two people who perished in yesterday’s Power Tools Bus accident in Serenje District are Congolese. And the relatives of the people that perished in the Serenje road accident have begun identifying the bodies. Police Deputy Spokesperson Esther Katongo says most of those that have been identified were based on the Copperbelt while two bodies ...

A judge has ruled against Bobbi Kristina Brown’s partner, Nick Gordon, in her wrongful death lawsuit. Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford signed an order Friday saying Gordon repeatedly failed to meet court deadlines in the case. The order says that means the conservator of her estate wins by default. Brown’s attorney R. David Ware told FOX411: “In August ...

Captain Jordan Henderson scored a stunning winning goal as Liverpool ended Antonio Conte’s unbeaten record as Chelsea manager with an impressive 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge on Friday. In a dominant first-half display, Liverpool took the lead through Dejan Lovren before England midfielder Henderson curled home a superb effort from distance in the 36th minute. Diego Costa reduced the arrears ...