Russia is objecting to a draft resolution on the chemical weapons deaths in northern Syria as the UN Security Council meets in New York. Russian suggestions that civilians were poisoned by rebel weapons on the ground have been widely rejected. The UK’s foreign secretary, a rebel commander and a weapons expert all said the evidence pointed to an attack by ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba says Zambia is keen to learn from the Czech Republic’s achievements in areas of energy, agriculture and manufacturing. Mr Kalaba said this when Czech Republic Ambassador Designate to Zambia, Radek Rubes paid a curtsey call on him at his office this morning. He noted that the Czech Republic has done well in improving sectors such ...

The Ministry of health says health programmes supported by the US Government will not be affected by the cuts in foreign by the new administration in Washington. Spokesperson Dr Kennedy Malama says the health sector is secure in terms of funding. Dr Malama has told QTV News that the country is still receiving donor funding from the US government for ...

Government says it recognizes investment as an important vehicle for creating growth and wealth in Zambia. Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister, Margaret Mwanakatwe says this explains why her Ministry has developed the Investment Promotion Strategy. Ms. Mwanakatwe notes that this is the strategy that in fact envisions Zambia as a competitive and preferred investment destination by 2021. She states that ...

The opposition UPND has shifted back the blame to the ruling Patriotic Front and the Zambia Police for the loss of life in Kanyama on Sunday were Police stopped the party from going ahead with its planned rally. UPND Secretary Genera Stephen Katuka says this is especially that the PF had warned of bloodshed if the UPND was allowed to ...

Nkana coach Zeddy Saileti has commended winger Shadreck Musonda for his defensive duties after they went a man down in Sunday’s 2017 Charity Shield final against Zesco United. Musonda dropped to right-back in the 52nd minute after defender Donashano Malama was red carded by referee Wellington Kaoma for a foul on Zesco fullback Ben Adama. Zesco beat Nkana 2-0 in ...

Russia says that chemical gas that killed and injured dozens of civilians in a rebel-held town in northern Syria came from rebel weapons on the ground. Its defence ministry acknowledged that Syrian planes had attacked the town of Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province. But it said the aircraft had struck a depot producing mines filled with a poisonous substance, for ...

The Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM) is confident that the reduced hours of load shedding will lead to increased production by manufacturing companies in the country. ZAM President Rosetta Chabala has told QTV Business News that when load shedding was at its peak, production in the sector reduced by about 40 percent. Ms Chabala says if the current trend of ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has exceeded its 2017 first quarter revenue collection target by K140 million. ZRA Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda told journalists in Livingston today on the sidelines of an Economic Indaba on repositioning the Zambian Capital Markets as an enabler to sustainable economic development, organized by Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Chanda says the authority had targeted ...

Government has engaged the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) on the request to impose a ban on the importation of selected farm products. Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya says the selected farm products include bananas, wheat, Irish potatoes, peas, and crude edible oils. Ms. Siliya says from livestock list the request is that government bans importation of among others, chicken, beef, ...