National Team coach Wedson Nyirenda has named a 28-member provisional squad for the formality November 11 Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Cameroun in Ndola. FAZ Communications Manager Desmond Katongo says the team enters into residential camp on November 5th in Ndola ahead of the final qualifying match. is in second place in Group B with seven points ...

A year after the epic Planet Earth II, Sir David Attenborough is returning to our screens with a follow-up to 2004’s Blue Planet. No spoilers, but we’ve seen the first episode and as sequels go we can confirm it’s better than Sex And The City 2. We’ve also been to the press conference and spoken to some of the team ...

Spain’s foreign minister has repeated his government’s position that the sacked Catalan leader could run in new elections in December, but stressed that meant only if he was not in jail. Alfonso Dastis spoke as a huge rally for Spanish unity was held in Catalonia’s largest city, Barcelona. Carles Puigdemont was removed from office after Madrid stripped Catalonia of autonomy ...

The Somali government has fired two top security officials after twin blasts and a siege left at least 27 people dead on Saturday. They came just two weeks after at least 358 people died in another attack, one of the deadliest ever to hit Mogadishu. Police chief Abdihakin Dahir Saiid and the director of national intelligence, Abdillahi Mohamed Sanbaloosh, were ...

The Rural Electrification Authority (REA) says it is committed to transforming the lives of people by the provision of electricity to the remotest parts of Zambia. REA Chief Executive Officer Eng Geoffrey Musonda says it is for this reason that the REA is undertaking different projects to connect households to the electricity grid. He said this shortly after touring the ...

Peoples Alliance for Change (PAC) President Andyford Banda has counseled his fellow opposition party leaders against speaking ill about Zambia’s democracy on international podiums. Mr. Banda is of the view that this is denting Zambia’s image to the international community. He says even him, he was given a chance to stand in Nairobi at the African Liberal Network but he ...

Housing and Infrastructure Minister Ronald Chitotela has reiterated his Ministries commitment to ensuring that all payments due to contractors are liquidated. Mr. Chitotela states that every effort is being made by his Ministry to ensure that payments to all contractors in the nation is consistent. The Minister who is on a two day road inspection program in Luapula Province also ...

Economic and Equity Party President Chilufya Tayali has warned international community against pushing what he has termed as ‘UPND agenda’ in Zambia. Mr. Tayali says it is the UPND who are going all over the world feeding the international community that human rights and freedoms are going down in Zambia. He has advised opposition United Party for National Development Leader ...

The Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) and Trade Invest Africa in South Africa in conjunction with the Zambia – South Africa Business forum will host a business forum dubbed “Invest in Zambia”. The “Invest in Zambia” is in its second year after the first one that was held at the Sandton Convention Centre in South Africa in November 2016. The prestigious ...

Italian-American actress Annabella Sciorra, who starred in US TV series The Sopranos, has accused disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein of rape. She told The New Yorker that Weinstein forced his way into her New York apartment and assaulted her in 1992. She alleges that he sexually harassed her in the subsequent years. In the article actress Daryl Hannah also says she ...