The Church has been urged to convene an indaba of political parties and other stakeholders in view of the unresolved tension arising from the August 11 general election. MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba has told QTV News that he believes the challenges being faced in Zambia require political parties, the civil society and other stakeholders to work together. Dr. Mumba ...

Bishop John Mambo says it is clear that the church was once again fooled by politicians during campaigns. Bishop Mambo says he is vindicated when he warned the church to open its eyes and refuse to be used by politicians during campaigns. He says politicians who were all over churches during campaigns have forgotten about the church. Bishop Mambo states ...

The Southern African Center for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has called on the Government to expedite the process of reviewing the Public Order Act. And the organization has called on political parties, civil society organizations and other relevant stakeholders to support the process of reviewing the Act by making sound recommendations. Speaking during the August 11th General Elections Report ...

Forty five (45) UPND cadres were arrested in Lusaka yesterday have been charged with riotous behavior, causing malicious damage to property and assaulting police officers. Homes Minister Stephen Kampyongo has told a media briefing in Lusaka that government finds the lawlessness exhibited by the UPND cadres extremely disappointing. Mr. Kampyongo has warned that the wanton disregard of the established procedures ...

Police in Lusaka this afternoon fought running battles with opposition UPND cadres at the Lusaka High Court. This was after Police fired teargas canisters to disperse unruly UPND cadres outside the Court premises shortly after the adjournment of the matter in which UPND president Hakainde Hichilema and his vice Geoffrey Mwamba are seeking the hearing of their presidential petition. The ...

President-elect Donald Trump has rejected as “ridiculous” a CIA assessment that Russian hackers tried to sway the election in his favour. He told Fox News the Democrats were putting out the reports because they were embarrassed at the scale of the election defeat. On Friday, CIA officials told US media they had concluded that Russians hackers were trying to help ...

The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) says unstable exchange rate and high inflation is what has been Zambia’s fiscal deficits in 2016. EAZ president Chrispin Mphuka says it is these two factors his association has been expecting government would control. Dr. Mphuka notes that if government controls this fiscal side of the economy what the Country is expected to see ...

The Finnish government has expressed concern at the rate at which deforestation has continued taking place in Zambia. Finnish ambassador to Zambia Timo Olkkonen says his Country has taken note that before the power deficits, Zambia had been losing up to 400, 000 hectors of forest per year. Mr. Olkkonen says he has personally taken note of the number of ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has allayed fears of Zambia’s stock exchange market being susceptible to manipulations. Director Enforcement and Legal Services Diana Sichone says much as any stock market would be susceptible to manipulation her commission has set up as surveillance team to monitor the market. Mr. Sichone says with this surveillance team SEC is able to know ...

Gambian President-elect Adama Barrow has called on incumbent Yahya Jammeh to accept defeat in last week’s election. President Jammeh initially appeared to concede after results showed he had clearly been defeated, but on Friday said he rejected the results “totally”. Mr Barrow said the president had “no constitutional authority to reject the results” and demand another election. The African Union ...