Influential singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen best known for his song “hallelujah” has died at the age of 82, a statement released on his Facebook page said Thursday. “It is with profound sorrow we report that legendary poet, songwriter and artist, Leonard Cohen has passed away,” the statement read. “We have lost one of music’s most revered and prolific visionaries.” According to ...

The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon will want to get back to winning ways when they host Zambia in their 2018 Fifa World Cup Qualifier on Saturday afternoon at Limbé Omnisport Stadium. Kick-off is at 5pm. Hosting a bruised Chipolopolo will not be an easy assignment for Hugo Broos’s side, but they will now bank on their home crowd to get ...

The opposition United Party for National Development says it sympathizes with the Zambian people over difficulties they are facing. UPND Secretary General Steven Katuka says the high cost of living in the country simply shows that the Patriotic Front has no capacity to govern. He says Zambians have realized that they made a wrong choice by retaining the Patriotic Front ...

Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe says it’s unfair to ask President Edgar Lungu to disclose the reasons for dismissing Chishimba Kambwili as Information Minister. Mr. Sikazwe says this is considering that it is the President’s prerogative to hire and fire. In an interview with QTV, Mr. Sikazwe says those challenging President Lungu  should to make public his reasons for dismissing ...

An investigation into whether actor Brad Pitt was abusive towards his son in September has ended with no finding of wrongdoing, US media report. Social workers in Los Angeles had been examining claims Mr Pitt hit his 15-year-old son Maddox on a private jet. His wife Angelina Jolie filed for divorce the day after the incident. They had been married ...

President Barack Obama is hosting his successor Donald Trump at the White House for what could prove to be awkward transition talks. The Republican president-elect has questioned Mr Obama’s US citizenship and vowed to dismantle his legacy. During the campaign Mr Obama called Mr Trump “uniquely unqualified”, but now says he is “rooting” for him after his shock defeat of ...

Parliament has approved a K3.9 billion supplementary budget for the 2016 National Budget. Moving the motion on the supplementary estimates, Finance Minister Felix Mutati told the House that the changes to the 2016 national budget are necessary to allow government spends on repayments of domestic debt and expenditure of operations of public institutions whose funds are exhausted. Mr. Mutati says ...

The Human Rights Commission has called for the urgent implementation of President Edgar Lungu’s directive for the drafting of a Bill to amend the Public Order Act. HRC Chairperson Mudford Mwandenga has expressed concern over the manner the Public Order Act has continued to be implemented. Speaking in Lusaka today during the post-election national conference on the implementation of the public ...

Parliament has unanimously ratified the Paris Agreement on Climate Change Moving the motion for the ratification of the agreement, Chairman of the Committee on Lands, Environment and Tourism Ephraim Belemu said the Paris Agreement on Climate Change is aimed at strengthening global response in controlling global temperatures. Mr. Belemu says the agreement is applicable to all member states of the ...

President Edgar Lungu has sent a message of congratulations to US President-elect Donald Trump following his electoral victory in the November 8 Presidential elections. In his congratulatory letter to Mr Trump, President Lungu said the outcome of the elections reflects the trust and confidence the American people have reposed in him to lead the country towards major transformation in the ...