Kenya opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga has said the electoral commission’s IT system has been hacked to manipulate the election results. He rejected provisional results from Tuesday’s vote indicating a strong lead for President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenya’s election chief Wafula Chebukati said he had confidence in the system but the claims would be investigated. Many fear a repeat of the ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission in Lusaka Province has arrested two (02) South African business women for trafficking in cocaine. Commission public relations officer Theresa Katongo says Nompumezo Makunga, 36, a South African business woman of Mtantsane, East London has been arrested for trafficking in 2.9kg of cocaine. She says also arrested is Clarah Sibongile Parker Swatson, 49, a South African ...

Government has sourced K18 million of the K36 million owed to officers who participated in Phase 3 of the mobile issuance of National Registration Cards (NRCs). Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo has told a media briefing in Lusaka that the ministry has set aside funds to pay officers who participated in the exercise for a total of 30 days out ...

(AllHipHop News) It appears Usher Raymond is ready to push back against accusations and lawsuits claiming he knowingly spread genital herpes. The R&B vocalist is supposedly set to take his own legal route by suing the individuals alleging he exposed them to the sexually transmitted disease. SandraRose.com reports that Usher is not even infected with herpes. This supposed revelation follows celebrity attorney Lisa ...

Rattled by a chastening first season in England, Pep Guardiola has gone back to the drawing board in an attempt to fashion Manchester City into Premier League champions. Expectations were sky-high when Guardiola alighted in Manchester after years of being courted by City, but a title challenge failed to materialise and his side did not make a mark in any ...

North Korea has said it is considering carrying out missile strikes on the US Pacific territory of Guam. The report in state media, quoting an earlier military statement, came hours after President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with “fire and fury”. The North’s official news agency said it was considering a plan to fire medium-to-long-range rockets at Guam, where US ...

Kenya’s incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta has taken a strong lead as votes are counted after Tuesday’s election. With 80% of results in he has 55% of the vote against 44% for his rival, Raila Odinga, figures show. However, the opposition coalition has rejected the partial results, saying election officials have not produced documents to prove their validity. “They are fictitious, ...

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has survived his latest vote of no confidence – despite the ballot being held in secret. Opposition parties had hoped the secret ballot would mean some MPs from the governing ANC party might side with them against the president. But the motion, called amid repeated allegations of corruption, was defeated by 198 votes to 177. ...

HIVOS Southern Africa Regional Advocacy Officer for Sustainable Diets William Chilufya is urging government to invest more in the seed system in the country so that farmers can have a wider choice in the next farming season. Mr. Chilufya says this is because most farmers who visited their stand during the just ended Agriculture and Commercial show seemed not to ...

Zambians for Empowerment and Development (ZED) has called on government to consider subsidizing farming inputs for the 2017/2018 farming season. ZED Spokesperson Wesley Miyanda told Q news in an interview that following the reduction in maize price announced by the Food Reserve Agency which has greatly disadvantaged farmers, there is need for government to come up with an incentive that ...