Mark Hamill has written a tribute to Carrie Fisher, saying “I loved her and loved making her laugh”. Writing in The Hollywood Reporter, he recalled her daring him to try on her Princess Leia jumpsuit on the Star Wars set, adding: “It was so tight I looked like a Vegas lounge singer.” Fisher died aged 60 on 27 December after ...

The UK’s ambassador to the EU, Sir Ivan Rogers, has resigned. Sir Ivan, appointed to the job by David Cameron in 2013, had been expected to play a key role in Brexit talks expected to start within months. The government said Sir Ivan had quit early so a successor could be in place before negotiations start. Last month the BBC ...

Defending champions Ivory Coast have been given extra financial support for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations finals. The Ivorian government has approved a near €6 million euros (£5.1m) budget for the team’s campaign in Gabon. It is an increase of €600,000 euros (£507,000) from the last finals in Equatorial Guinea two years ago. Ivory Coast kick off their tournament ...

United Progressive People’s (UPP) President Dr. Saviour Chishimba has joined stakeholders in urging President Edgar Lungu to emulate his Malawian counterpart Peter Mutharika who has taken action against corruption on Zambia maize export by appointing a commission of inquiry to investigate the matter. Dr. Chishimba says the magnitude of the corruption in the maize export transaction begs for action from ...

The Zambia Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says the workers at the National Housing Authority (NHA) have so far been paid four months out of the nine months arrears. ZCTU Deputy Secretary General Misheck Nyambose says what is remaining is now five months pay which he says the union hopes will be paid when they resume work after the break. ...

The Zambia Police Service recorded 237 road accidents country wide during this year’s New Year’s holiday resulting in seventeen people losing their lives. From 30th December, 2016 at 18:00 hours to 2nd January, 2017, of the 237 accidents, 17 were fatal road traffic accidents in which 17 people died while 40 were Serious Road Traffic Accidents in which 78 people ...

The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has announced that effective midnight, fuel pump prices will be reduced. Petrol has been reduced from 13.70 to 12.50 per liter, Diesel from 11.40 to 10.72, Kerosene has being reduced from 8.03 to 6.81 while low sulphur gas has reduced from 13.69 to 13.01. ERB Vice Chairperson Professor Francis Yamba has told Journalists that the ...

Grain traders are said to be still in possession of about 700, 000 tons of the bulk of the maize produced during the 2015-2016 farming season. Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Julius Shawa has confirmed that these are last statistics his Ministry has captured. Mr. Shawa says the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) does not therefore have maize for sale to ...

According to the latest Tourism Statistical Digest, Zambia recorded 710,062 tourists’ arrivals in Africa accounting for 76.2 percent of total international tourist arrivals followed by Europe which contributed 88,554 tourists representing 9.5 percent. America contributed 5.3 percent of the total arrivals; Asia contributed 7.7 percent whilst Australia contributed 1.3 percent to the total arrivals In the figures for 2015 for ...

President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to end the infighting within the PF by declaring that the next PF Convention to elect the PF Presidency who automatically becomes the 2021 presidential candidate will be held around 2019 and 2021. The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is of the view that President Lungu can do well to begin grooming a ...