A showdown is looming in the Patriotic Front ahead of the Lusaka deputy Mayoral elections. This as Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila has maintained that Mpulungu Ward 23 Councilor Christopher Shakafuswa is the party’s candidate for the position of Lusaka Deputy Mayor, while President Edgar Lungu’s daughter Tasila has vowed to go ahead and contest for the same position. ...

Queen Elizabeth the second says she looks forward to the continuation of the warm relationship and close ties between Zambia and Britain during President Edgar Lungu’s five year term of office. In a congratulatory message, Queen Elizabeth has wished President Lungu and the people of Zambia a peaceful and prosperous future. The Queen said this in a congratulatory message to ...

A showdown is looming in the Patriotic Front ahead of the Lusaka deputy Mayoral elections. This as Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila has maintained that Mpulungu Ward 23 Councilor Christopher Shakafuswa is the party’s candidate for the position of Lusaka Deputy Mayor, while President Edgar Lungu’s daughter Tasila has vowed to go ahead and contest for the same position. ...

President Edgar Lungu has signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. President Lungu signed agreement yesterday during the Treaty Event at the on-going High-Level Segment of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA. By signing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the Government of the Republic of Zambia renewed its commitment and resolve to ...

Actor Brad Pitt has said he is “very saddened” that his wife Angelina Jolie has filed for divorce and has asked for privacy on their children’s behalf. “I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the well-being of our kids,” he told People magazine. “I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve ...

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has said it is “pretty undeniable” that Hollywood is racist. He told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme the film world was seen as “very, very progressive”, but was “lagging behind” industries in encouraging diversity. Radcliffe also said it was hard for gay actors to come out for fear of being typecast in gay roles. And ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he will not pick Yaya Toure until his agent apologises for criticising the decision to leave the player out. Toure, 33, has made one appearance for City this season and he was left out of the Champions League squad. His agent, Dimitri Seluk, claimed the midfielder had been “humiliated”,and Guardiola said: “Seluk must apologise. ...

The US has said it holds Russia responsible for a deadly attack on an aid convoy near the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday. The White House has called it an “enormous humanitarian tragedy”. Meanwhile, US officials have told the BBC that two Russian war planes were responsible for the attack. Russia strongly denies involvement of its own or Syrian ...

Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo has expressed concerned that maize smuggling into neighboring countries has continued despite security measures put in place to ensure food security in the country. Mr. Kasolo says government regrets that a lot of maize has been siphoned into neighboring Malawi and Mozambique. He states that government will not tolerate any form of Maize smuggling ...

The Private Sector Development Association (PSDA) has cautioned government to be careful with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout conditions to avoiding affecting the growth of the private sector. PSDA Chairperson Yusuf Dodia says the austerity measures the IMF is proposing such as the removal of subsidies on energy maybe too hash for the private sector to flourish. Mr. Dodia ...