Government says it has accelerated measures aimed at increasing access to safe and clean water and sanitation services for all Zambians. Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection Minister Lloyd Kazhiya says the measures are aimed at averting exposure of Zambians to waterborne diseases especially in Peri-Urban areas such as Misisi compound. Speaking when he launched the K2 million Misisi Water ...

Former Chipata Mayor Jealous Phiri has committed suicide. Eastern province Commissioner of Police Alex Chilufya who has confirmed the development says Mr Phiri aged 66 of Referendum Compound in Chipata District committed suicide by taking Doom pesticide. Mr. Chilufya says Police received a phone call from a passerby whose names are not known that as he was jogging at around ...

  Chief Chikanta of the Tonga speaking people says the Universal, Routine, Counseling, Testing, and Treatment of HIV is progressive, but infringes on human rights. Chief Chikanta tells Q-News that this is progressive in the sense that it will be able to save so many lives once people have known their HIV statuses. He notes the needs to sensitize people ...

Small Scale Farmers’ Development Agency (SAFADA) president, Boyd Moobwe, has appealed to Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya to grant small scale farmers export permits to enable them export maize. Speaking in a walk-in interview, Mr Moobwe says small scale farmers should be allowed to export maize instead of selling the produce at a low price on the local market. He says ...

Victoria Beckham had a difficult time sending her son off to college. The British star shared a picture of herself crying while hugging her oldest son Brooklyn. “We are all so proud of you Brooklyn. Amazing A level results and off to college. We love you so much and will miss you,” Beckham wrote adding the hashtag “yesiamcrying.” The 43-year-old ...

Tiger Woods is threatening to take a celebrity gossip website to court for leaking a nude photo of him online in a recent hack of several stars, including Woods’ ex-girlfriend Lindsey Vonn. The recovering golfer has hired a lawyer, according to a TMZ report Monday, and said he will sue if the website Celeb Jihad does not take his photo down. ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola expressed fears that his team’s goal-scoring problems remain an issue after they drew 1-1 with Everton in their opening Premier League home game. Wayne Rooney put Everton ahead in the 35th minute on Monday and City had Kyle Walker controversially sent off before halftime, but the hosts hit back to level through substitute Raheem Sterling’s ...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp concedes his side are already feeling the pressure this season ahead of the return leg of their Champions League play-off against Hoffenheim on Wednesday. Liverpool looked to have planted one foot in the group phase after going 2-0 up in last week’s first leg in Germany, only for Mark Uth’s 87th-minute reply to bring Hoffenheim right ...

India’s top court has ruled the practice of instant divorce in Islam unconstitutional, marking a major victory for women’s rights activists. In a 3-2 majority verdict India’s Supreme Court also stayed the practice. India is one of a handful of countries where a Muslim man can divorce his wife in minutes by saying the word talaq (divorce) three times. The ...

President Donald Trump has said a hasty US withdrawal from Afghanistan would leave a vacuum for terrorists to fill. He said his original instinct was to pull US forces out, but had instead decided to stay and “fight to win” – avoiding the mistakes made in Iraq. He said he wanted to shift from a time-based approach in Afghanistan to ...