Kenyans are voting amid tight security in a re-run of the presidential election, which is being boycotted by the main opposition. A teenage boy was shot by police and later died amid clashes in Kisumu, an opposition stronghold where some have blocked access to polling stations. President Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the winner in an August vote, but it is ...

Around 46 people have died, 46 are injured, and 10 are unaccounted for after explosions at a fireworks factory in Indonesia. The blaze took hold at around 09:00 local time (02:00 GMT), at an industrial complex in Tangerang, west of the capital Jakarta. “We are still evacuating victims… there are 46 body bags,” Tangerang Kota police chief Harry Kurniawan told ...

Former Vice President Guy Scott says late President Michael Sata was a man of the people who did not go on an asset acquisition spree when he went to State house. Dr Scott states that President Sata always advised against liking material things as the purpose of politics. He says Mr Sata believed that politics was about serving the people. ...

The Joint Action for Accountability in Zambia (JAAZ) has announced that it will on 11th November, 2017 host a ‘Citizens’ Insaka’ on public resource accountability. JAAZ is an initiative that seeks to combine the voices of Civil Society Organizations as citizens’ actors advocating for strengthened public resources accountability in Zambia. Addressing a media briefing in Lusaka, JAAZ Spokesperson Laura Miti, ...

The country’s annual inflation rate for October 2017 has decreased to 6.4% from 6.6% recorded in September 2017. Central Statistical Office r Director of Census and Statistics John Kalumbi has told a media briefing that this means that on average, prices increased by 6.4% between October 2016 and October 2017. He says the movement of consumer prices indices show a ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has warned smugglers in the country to rethink and stop their illegal trade following its enhanced anti-smuggling operations. ZRA Commissioner General Kingsley Chanda says the Authority notes with concern that smuggling has taken a new twist from outright smuggling to under valuations, under declarations and misclassifications. He says importers must take note that under Circular ...

The International Monetary Fund has clarified that discussions on a possible US$1.3 billion IMF support program for Zambia were put on hold because there is work that needs to be done pertaining to government’s policy intentions for the country. IMF country representative Alfredo Baldini says the discussions on the IMF bailout were put on hold because new information provided on ...

It may only be October but Saturday’s clash between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford is already shaping up as an early-season eliminator to challenge runaway leaders Manchester City for the Premier League title. Despite being at home and above Spurs on goal difference, second-placed United will be very wary of the league’s team of the moment. Tottenham’s ...

Disgraced comedian Bill Cosby is looking to take a $30 million loan against his Upper East Side townhouse to pay for his mounting legal bills as he faces a retrial for sexual assault. Cosby, 80, is trying to take the $30 million hard money loan on his 12,000-square-foot mansion as he hires a new legal team to represent him, “Page Six TV” revealed ...

If it weren’t for cornmeal, kerosene and her momma, Dolly Parton may have lost her toes a long time ago. “I had jumped across the fence onto a broken mason jar and cut three of my toes, just my little toes on my right foot, almost off, and they were just kind of hanging there,” she told Dr. Mehmet Oz in an episode of ...