Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has urged everyone connected with the Gunners to remain “united” despite seeing the club slip further behind in the Premier League title race. Successive defeats by Watford and leaders Chelsea have left Arsenal 12 points off the summit and only one point ahead of Liverpool in the race for the fourth and final Champions League qualifying ...

The High Court in Kenya has blocked the government’s bid to close the largest refugee camp in the world. A directive to shut the Dadaab camp and forcibly repatriate about 260,000 Somali refugees living there was issued last year. The deadline for its closure had been extended until May, but a high court judge ruled the decision was tantamount to ...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to unveil plans to significantly increase deportations of failed asylum seekers. The measures include allowing access to asylum seekers’ phones and Sim cards to verify their identities and increasing the amount paid to voluntary returnees. Migration has become a heavily politicised issue in Germany ahead of elections later this year. An asylum seeker killed ...

Veteran politician Dr Vernon Mwaanga has charged that the International Criminal Court has lost direction for the purpose it was created. The International Criminal Court was created to prosecute serious crimes against humanity. Dr. Mwaanga explains that the reason why African countries have decided to pull out in en masse from the International Criminal Court is because it has been ...

Socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has been found dead aged 45. The star, who rose to fame in the 1990s as a hard-partying “It girl”, received treatment in 2016 for a non-malignant brain tumour. The Met Police confirmed a woman in her 40s was found dead at Palmer-Tomkinson’s flat in Bramham Gardens, South Kensington, at 13:40 GMT. Prince Charles, a close friend ...

Leicester secured a first home win of 2017 as Demarai Gray’s superb solo goal sealed an extra-time victory over Derby in their FA Cup fourth-round replay. Andy King headed the hosts, who made 10 changes, ahead after Gray’s clever cross was nodded back across goal by Marc Albrighton. Abdoul Camara’s free-kick forced extra time for Championship Derby only for substitute ...

The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination for attorney general, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, by a vote of 52 to 47. The confirmation follows a series of divisive hearings during which Democrats attacked Mr Sessions’ record on civil rights. Democrat Elizabeth Warren was silenced after recalling historic allegations of racism against Mr Sessions. The Alabama senator’s nomination was ...

The newly formed National Union of Public and Private Educators of Zambia (NUPPEZ) has charged that some female teachers in the country are leaving in silence after suffering sexual abuse by their superiors. NUPPEZ President Stanley Mhango says this is the more reason why his union has been formed to help teachers with various issues that are affecting their teaching ...

The Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) says while the country‘s economy has stabilized in the recent past, this has not had a positive impact on the lives of the majority Zambians. ZIPAR Researcher Caesar Cheelo notes that while the inflation and exchange rates have stabilized, the cost of living is still high. Mr. Cheelo says government needs ...

The opposition UPND says the country will never have a constitution that will stand the test of time as long Zambians themselves do not take charge of authoring the document. UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma says the Constitution making process must follow the route that the people of Zambia have always demanded. Mr. Kakoma says the UPND believes adopting the Constitution ...