Roy Hodgson has been appointed the new manager of Crystal Palace, the English Premier League club announced Tuesday. The 70-year-old former England manager has replaced Frank de Boer after the Dutchman was sacked following just four league games in charge of the south London club. “Former England manager Roy Hodgson has been appointed as the new manager of Crystal Palace ...

  Premier League giants Arsenal make their Europa League bow this week, slipping into the continent’s second-string competition after nearly two decades in the Champions League, with AC Milan also injecting star quality. Arsene Wenger’s men, fifth in the Premier League last season – their first finish outside the top four since 1995-96 – take on German side Cologne on ...

The Centre for Young Leaders in Africa (CYLA) says the civil society and other stakeholders should be part of the political dialogue the Commonwealth is facilitating between President Edgar Lungu and UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema. Executive Director Jones Malunga tells Q-news that the dialogue is likely to touch on many national issues hence the need to involve the civil society ...

Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to miss next week’s UN General Assembly as criticism of her handling of the Rohingya crisis grows. Some 370,000 Rohingya Muslims have crossed to Bangladesh since violence in Rakhine state escalated last month. Ms Suu Kyi is facing allegations from supporters in the West that she has failed to speak out ...

The National Union for Miners and Allied Workers has advised Labour Minister Joyce Simukoko to ensure close monitoring of expatriate staff in the country. NUMAW President James Chansa says it is important to ensure that expatriates in the country do not do work WHOSE skill is readily available IN THE country. Mr. Chansa notes that the jobs some expatriates are ...

The opposition UPND has maintained that it will treat the declared 40 days of prayer and fasting as hearsay until they are officially communicated to. UPND Spokesperson Charles Kakoma tells Q-news that as a party they have not been officially communicated to on why the prayer and fasting will take 40 days and what it is intended for. Mr. Kakoma ...

Governance Activist Leslie Chikuse has observed that the political tension that characterized the country following the 2016 general election is slowly being diffused. Mr. Chikuse says this is because political party leaders are slowly coming to terms that politics should come second to Zambia’s peace and unity. He says the political tension was becoming a threat to Zambia’s long standing ...

The Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) has demanded that the creation of new districts in the country be halted forthwith. ZCSD Executive Director Lewis Mwape says the creation of new districts is putting more pressure on an already strained treasury. He says any additional creation of these unplanned districts will put pressure on the meager resources in the treasury ...