The Zambia Correctional Service has disclosed that correctional facilities in the country are currently holding over 20, 800 inmates against the holding capacity of 8,000 inmates. Zambia Correctional Service Commissioner General Percy Chato has told a media briefing ahead of the 2017 Correctional Day on 18th July, 2017, that this represents over 200 percent overcrowding in correctional facilities. Mr. Chato ...

Twenty six people died in different road traffic accidents in the country during the just ended unity and heroes long weekend. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says during the same period a total of 310 road traffic accidents were recorded indicating an increase from the 282 accidents recorded during the same period in 2016. Ms Katongo says the number of people ...

Green Party Leader Peter Sinkamba says invoking a State of Emergency would be a violent response to violence. In a statement issued to QFM News, Mr. Sinkamba says violence, whether by the State, bandits, vandals or terrorists, and in whatever form, and for whatever reasons, is almost always self-defeating because it breeds more and more violence. Mr. Sinkamba states that ...

NEW YORK –  Actor Donal Logue is asking for the public’s help in locating his teenage daughter, who was last seen a week ago in New York City. The star of Fox’s “Gotham” writes on Facebook that the “net had been flung far and wide” since 16-year-old Jade Logue disappeared. Logue says he has the New York Police Department, FBI ...

Incarcerated UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has called on the Zambia Police Service to thoroughly, professionally and speedily investigate what he has described as the regrettable fire that gutted part of Lusaka City Market yesterday. In a statement issued to QFM News, Mr. Hichilema is also urging Lusaka residents and other people who may have information that led to the fire ...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has cautioned that any powers exercised by the government in pursuing anyone allegedly involved in the fire that gutted part of city market in Lusaka must be used within the limits provided by the Zambian constitution. In a statement, LAZ President Linda Kasonde says the association has noted statements in the media attributed to ...

Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan looks set for a return to Europe after landing in Turkey for contract talks with top flight side Kayserispor. The striker and his representatives checked into the Sheraton Hotel in Istanbul on Wednesday morning ahead of a meeting with Kayserispor club President Erol Bedir. “Gyan left for Turkey yesterday and has already landed. He is scheduled ...

At least seven people have died after a fire broke out in a building in downtown Johannesburg, South African authorities said. The city’s emergency services department said a crane was used to rescue more than 50 people from the roof of the building that caught fire on Wednesday. Five people were rushed to hospital. One of the victims died when he ...

Trolls have forced Ed Sheeran to quit Twitter. The Glastonbury headliner and chart record breaker said a constant stream of vile comments had been bringing him down. He told The Sun: “I’ve actually come off Twitter completely. I can’t read it. “I go on it and there’s nothing but people saying mean things. Twitter’s a platform for that. “One comment ...

Donald Trump has criticised China following North Korea’s test of a long-range missile, condemning it for increasing trade with Pyongyang. “So much for China working with us,” the US president tweeted. The US and South Korea conducted a ballistic missile fire exercise in the Sea of Japan in response to the North. China and Russia have urged both sides to ...