Zambia Council for Social Development (ZCSD) Executive Director Lewis Mwape has condemned the continued arrest of the opposition UPND members by the Police. Mr. Mwape says the recent arrest of 16 opposition party members in Luwingu for allegedly holding an indoor meeting without a Police permit is unfortunate and should be condemned by all Zambians. He states that the crime ...

Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata has dismissed suggestions he finds life in London “too stressful”, saying he would sign for ten years with the English Premier League champions if offered. The 25-year-old — who signed a club record £58 million deal from Real Madrid in the close season — was quoted in Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport on Monday as saying ...

Barcelona must appreciate matching the club’s record of nine wins and a draw in their first 10 games of a Liga campaign, especially after Real Madrid’s defeat at Girona, coach Ernesto Valverde told a news conference on Monday. Barca rode their luck to beat Athletic Bilbao 2-0 away on Saturday to maintain a four-point gap at the top of the ...

Actress Rose McGowan says she was offered $1m (£760,000) from Harvey Weinstein in exchange for her silence. McGowan says she turned down the money the day before the New York Times ran an expose on the movie mogul. She told the paper through her lawyer that someone close to Weinstein said she could have the money if she would sign ...

Refugees held by Australia in Papua New Guinea have launched legal action over the closure of a detention centre. Australia holds asylum seekers arriving by boat in camps on PNG’s Manus Island and the small Pacific nation of Nauru. The Manus Island centre is scheduled to close on Tuesday after a PNG court ruled it was unconstitutional. Detainees argue the ...

Japanese police have arrested a man after finding parts of nine bodies in his apartment in Zama, near Tokyo. Police found two severed heads in a cold-storage container outside the flat of the suspect, named as Takahiro Shiraishi, while investigating the disappearance of a woman. They also found the body parts of seven other people, also stored in cool boxes, ...

The Zambia Bureau of Standards has observed improved compliance levels by local manufacturers to standards. ZABS Head of Public Relations Hazel Zulu has attributed this to the sensitization being carried out to ensure that all local manufacturers comply with ZABS standards. Mrs. Zulu says ZABs will continue focusing on providing effective standardization and quality assurance services to industry, consumers and ...

A Copperbelt University researcher under the department of soil science, Mashuta Kalembe has advised farmer in the Copperbelt province to engage in crop rotation to avoid loss of the soil’s chemical capacity. Mr. Kalembe tells Q-News that just like other places in the country; the Copperbelt is slowly experiencing a soil fertility decline. He says this is mainly because farmers ...

The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) has urged youths and other young citizens to raise their voices in the fight against gender based violence and issues to do with sexual abuse and violence. Speaking in an interview with Q-News, Programmes Development Secretary,Daniel Phiri says youths need to be influential and voice out their grief and opinions if they are to ...

Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) Chairperson Bishop John Mambo has come to the defence of UPND president Hakainde Hichilema’s international visits. Bishop Mambo is disappointed that some individuals are accusing the opposition leader of making false statements about Zambia to the international community. He says there is nothing wrong in requesting the international community to intervene when government is allegedly ...