A thirty three year old man of Kanyama was last evening murdered by criminals when they attacked a Rwandese national in his shop. The criminals also went away with undisclosed amounts of money when they attacked the owner of the shop. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo tells QTV News that police in Kanyama received a report of Aggravated Robbery and Murder ...

President Edgar Lungu has made the following changes at Permanent Secretary level with immediate effect: The President has transferred Permanent Secretary for Copperbelt Province Mr Elias Kamanga to Northern Province taking over from Dr. Jobbicks Kalumba who moves to Muchinga Province in the same capacity. Muchinga Province Permanent Secretary Mr Bright Nundwe moves to the Copperbelt Province in the same ...

Mental Health Foundation of Zambia President Portipher Gwai says stigma is the biggest obstacle to recovery, treatment and societal acceptance for people living with mental illness. Mr. Gwai says there is need to fight stigma as it interferes with people getting treatment. He has told Q-News that public stigma may also influence the beliefs and behaviors of those closes to ...

General Education Minister Dr. Dennis Wanchinga has assured the nation that Zambia’s education system remains solid despite some challenges experienced this year. Dr. Wanchinga says this year; there have been cases of pupils’ abuse by some teachers but that this has not affected the education system of the country. He says one of the challenges is the fact that his ...

National Restoration Party President Elias Chipimo says there is urgent need for concerted efforts to be put in the fight against corruption in the country. The NAREP Leader believes that corruption is the main cause of the suffering for most citizens in the country. Mr. Chipimo told Q news in an interview that unfortunately corruption has become a cancer that ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho suggested he needs bigger investment from the club if he his to be able to produce the kind of team that will challenge Manchester City for titles. After two second-half goals from Jesse Lingard gave United a point from a 2-2 draw at home to Burnley Mourinho was asked about the fading title challenge. City, ...

A US jury acquitted a “thrilled” Peruvian former soccer boss at the FIFA corruption trial on Tuesday, allowing him to jet home while two convicted co-defendants await sentencing from behind bars. The panel cleared 60-year-old Manuel Burga, a former head of Peru’s soccer federation and ex-FIFA development committee member, on one count of racketeering conspiracy on the seventh day of ...

The US has placed sanctions on two North Korean officials it says have led the development of nuclear missiles. The US treasury named the two men as Kim Jong-sik and Ri Pyong-chol, and said both were “key leaders” of North Korea’s ballistic missile programme. The UN Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea on Friday in response to ballistic ...

Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) Chairperson Andrew Chintala has bemoaned the slow intake of grains into the mills especially in Lusaka and on the Copperbelt. Mr. Chintala has appealed to farmers holding on to the grains to release it to millers. Mr. Chintala has expressed concern that millers are not buying maize as expected because other farmers are thinking that ...

Medical evacuations have begun in a rebel-held suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus, the Red Cross has said. In a tweet, it said that “critical” patients were being moved from the Eastern Ghouta area to the capital. Last week, a UK charity said President Bashar al-Assad had been considering a request to evacuate seven children with cancer from the area, ...