Liberia were the biggest losers in Fifa’s world rankings for April, dropping 39 places to sit in 141st spot – and a lowly 40th best in Africa. Their position is only 19 places better than their worst ever ranking of 160th place, which they occupied in 2010. The west African country have been has high as 73rd spot, in 2001, ...

The US has carried out a missile attack against an air base in Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town. Fifty-nine Tomahawk cruise missiles were fired from two US Navy ships in the Mediterranean, the Pentagon said. President Donald Trump said they hit a base from which the Syrian government launched Tuesday’s chemical attack. ...

Government has been urged to seriously consider creating an enabling environment that will encourage Zambian farmers to be competitive. Buy Zambia Campaign Executive Director, Evans Ngoma has particularly implored government to implement the proposal to introduce surtax on imported farm products. Mr. Ngoma says government should do so especially in view of the challenges brought to the fore during Wednesday’s ...

The Zambia National Education Coalition (ZANEC) has doubted the capacity of local authorities in the country to manage primary schools as mandated by the amended Constitution. ZANEC Board Chairperson Kabika Kakunta says local authorities have shown that they have many challenges and that burdening them with handling primary schools maybe too much for them. Mr. Kakunta has told QTV News ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) has threatened to drag political parties not subscribing to their mandate in line with amended constitution to the Constitutional Court for possible de-registration. YALI Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza has told Qtv News that the constitution is clear in Article 60 that any political party that is not subscribing to its mandate can be de-registered. ...

The Zambia Police has warned that it’s a treasonable offence for anyone to suggest that President Edgar Lungu is not President and should therefore not be recognised as such. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says the Police are only being patient with people who are publicly saying they do not recognize President Lungu’s legitimacy. Ms. Katongo says had the Police not ...

Government has dismissed assertions that Zambia is slowing being turned into a Police State under President Edgar Lungu’s administration. Chief Government Spokesperson, Kampamba Mulenga says it is also uncalled-for for anyone to liken Zambia to a banana republic. Ms Mulenga who is also Information and Broadcasting Services Minister says Zambia remains a democratic state. In an interview by telephone, Ms. ...