Government has been urged to call for a national stakeholders’ indaba to review proposed amendments to the republican Constitution. The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says such an indaba will be useful in addressing issues pertaining to the amendment of the Constitution. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe says the indaba will also provide a platform ...

Emmy award-winning US actress Mary Tyler Moore has died aged 80, her publicist says. She was best known for her television roles in the 1960s sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show and the eponymous The Mary Tyler Moore Show in the 1970s. She was also nominated for a best actress Oscar in 1980 for the film Ordinary People. Mara Buxbaum ...

The governing Patriotic Front has dismissed as lies accusations that it has been offering bribes to some of the UPND members to testify against their leader Hakainde Hichilema in his court cases. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya the ruling party is in fact learning about such accusations in the media. Mr. Bwalya states that the PF has no interest or ...

Egypt reached the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals as Group D winners with a 1-0 win over already qualified Ghana, who finish as runners-up. Mohamed Salah provided the decisive moment, lashing in a free-kick through a gap in Ghana’s defensive wall. A mistake by Ghana keeper Brimah Razak presented Marwan Mohsen with a chance to double the lead but he ...

The Center for Reproductive Health Education (CRHE) has backed proposals to make sexual abuse related offences non bailable. Center Executive Director Amos Mwale says this is considering the trauma victims of sexual abuse have to experience. Mr. Mwale says if the nation is to curb cases of sexual abuse, there is need to stiffen the punishment for offenders. He says ...

Operation Young Vote (OYV) has advised the ruling Patriotic Front against being rhetorical in running government affairs. OYV Executive Director Guess Nyirenda says it is regrettable that the PF government has taken an approach of making mere pronouncements without actual implementation. Mr Nyirenda notes that the government has made a number of promises which have not been implemented. He points ...

Mexico will not pay for Donald Trump’s border wall, the country’s president has said in a message to the nation. Enrique Pena Nieto said he “lamented” the plans for the barrier, adding that “Mexico doesn’t believe in walls”. But he made no mention of cancelling or postponing a trip to Washington on 31 January to meet the new US president. ...