US Vice-President Joe Biden has told President-elect Donald Trump to “grow up” and criticised his attacks on the intelligence community. On Friday, Mr Trump will be briefed on allegations Russia meddled in November’s US presidential election. But Mr Trump has cast doubt on claims of Russian involvement, and criticised the intelligence community in tweets. Mr Biden said it was “absolutely ...

The Ministry of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs is still awaiting a report to ascertain whether or not some chiefs in Southern Province have been inciting farmers to rise against government. Minister of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs Lawrence Sichalwe says from the time that his Ministry sent word to the province over such alleged incitement no formal communication has reached his ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has welcomed the move by the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) to reduce the price of fuel pump prices for both retail and wholesale. CSPR Executive Director Patrick Nshindano has however urged the ERB to continue regular reviews of Petroleum prices in line with their mandate. Mr. Nshindano notes that in the past years, ...

People who live near major roads have higher rates of dementia, research published in the Lancet suggests. As many as 11% of dementia cases in people living within 50m of a major road could be down to traffic, the study suggests. The researchers, who followed nearly 2m people in Canada over 11 years, say air pollution or noisy traffic could ...

President Edgar Lungu has assured the nation that government will remain honest in running affairs of the Country. President Lungu says this is whether things are good or bad. Speaking this morning to journalists shortly before his flight to Copperbelt for a working visit, President Lungu said there is in fact nothing new in this approach of handling affairs of ...

Cameroon coach Hugo Broos on Thursday unveiled a 23-man squad for this month’s Africa Cup of Nations tournament without several key players. Seven players including Liverpool defender Joël Matip and Schalke 04 striker Eric Choupo-Moting had already declined to take part in the tournament. Defender Aurélien Chedjou, who plays for Turkish club Galatasary, and was not selected for the squad ...

Kim Burrell had been due to perform on Ellen DeGeneres’ show this week Ellen DeGeneres has said Kim Burrell will not appear on her show after the gospel singer made homophobic comments. Burrell referred to “the perverted homosexual spirit” during a sermon at a church in Houston, Texas. She had been due to sing with Pharrell Williams on The Ellen ...

Sharethis page Jonathan Mensah (right) won the 2009 Fifa U-20 World Cup and the 2009 African Youth Championship Ghana international defender Jonathan Mensah has signed for Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew SC. The 26-year-old, who is in the provisional Black Stars squad for the 2017 African Cup of Nations, joins from Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala. He has signed a ...

President-elect Donald Trump has backed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in casting doubt on intelligence alleging Russian meddling in the US election. Mr Assange said Russia was not the source for the site’s mass leak of emails from the Democratic Party. Mr Trump has now backed that view in a tweet. He wrote: “Assange… said Russians did not give him the ...

Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says he foresees the increase in poverty levels in Zambia this year. Mr. Mwanza says projections by the FDD are that the cost of living will escalate out of reach for many households. He has regretted that most families continue failing to afford basics of life such as mealie meal. He ...