FAZ President Andrew Kamanga dined with the Zambia Under-20 national team as they prepare for battle with Guinea in the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations opener on Sunday. Kamanga surprised the lads with a visit at their base at InterContinental Hotel and encouraged them in an informal interaction over dinner. The FAZ Chief planted himself in the middle of ...

US President Donald Trump has announced he will not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on 29 April. The glitzy event draws celebrities, journalists and politicians, normally including the US president. Mr Trump said he would not attend a day after the White House excluded several major broadcasters and newspapers from a press briefing. He has frequently described negative ...

A Kurdish reporter has been killed while covering on the battle for Mosul in Iraq. Shifa Gardi, who worked for Iraqi Kurdish channel Rudaw, was killed by a roadside bomb as she covered the advance of Iraqi forces into western areas held by so-called Islamic State. Rudaw said that Gardi, 30, had broken the stereotypes of male-dominated journalism. Iraqi forces ...

A Traditional Leader has challenged UPND President Hakainde Hichilema to tell the nation who his Republican President is after refusing to accept President Lungu as a duly elected president. Chief Nsamba of the Unga speaking people in Luapula Province has advised the opposition leader to stop lying to the Zambian people that there is no president in the country. Chief ...

Record four-time Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations winners Egypt says they are in Zambia hunting for fifth title. Addressing a pre-match press conference assistant coach Ahmed Farouk said that they were always playing to win just like their senor counterparts. Farouk said that they will treat all their opponents in Group A with respect as they represented the best on ...

The ruling Patriotic Front in Siavonga District has refuted reports suggesting that Siavonga District Commissioner Lovemore Kanyama has turned his office into a political party arena for receiving stage managed defectors to the ruling Patriotic Front (PF). PF Siavonga District Youth Chairman Parnody Chisinze has told QFM News via telephone that such reports are aimed at bringing confusion in the ...

Nicki Minaj is now just one hit away from tying Aretha Franklin as the most prolific solo female in America’s pop charts. The star’s “Bom Bidi Bom” collaboration with Nick Jonas has debuted at 54, giving Nicki her 72nd appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 countdown. One more hit and she’ll match Aretha’s 73 Hot 100 visits. In the 58-year ...

America has banned a 21-year-old Syrian behind an Oscar nominated documentary from entering the country. Khaled Khatib did most of the filming for a British movie called The White Helmets. It’s a 40 minute Netflix documentary about the Syrian Civil Defence, volunteers who risk their lives to rescue civilians. It’s widely thought to be one of Britain’s best chances for ...

An Indonesian woman arrested for the murder of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader has said she was given 400 Malaysian ringgits ($90; £72) to carry out a prank. Indonesian embassy officials met Siti Aisyah, 25, on Saturday in the Malaysian capital. She said she was given the cash to smear Kim Jong-nam’s face with “baby oil” as part of ...

Gunmen and suicide bombers have attacked security bases in the western Syrian city of Homs, killing at least 32 people. State TV said the local head of military intelligence was among the dead. Some reports put the death toll at more than 40. The jihadist group Tahrir al-Sham said it carried out the attacks. Homs has been under government control ...