The Catholic Relief Services (CSR) has applied for US$75 million to the United States Government to fight malnutrition and reduce childhood stunting in Zambia. CSR Country Representative Juan Sheenan says this is a five year programme with an extension of 2-years. He says CRS is now waiting for the U.S Government to review the proposals as well as approve the ...

Odini Liberation Party President Mpundu Mwanamwelwa has given President Edgar Lungu 14 days to withdraw the defence forces from the streets. Mr Mwanamwelwa says the soldiers are abusing innocent citizens on the streets. He says failure to do so, he will be forced to collect 1, 000 signatures of the victims of the army brutality and petition the International Criminal ...

Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has urged Zambians to stand up as a nation and stop what he has described as the rampant corruption in the PF government. Mr Hichilema says the corruption taking place in government has hindered development in the country. He says the Zambian people are suffering, while the country is hurting ...

Arsene Wenger insisted Arsenal were at fault if Alexis Sanchez had missed a routine drugs test on the same day as he was completing his transfer to Manchester United. Reports in the British media late on Thursday suggested the Chile forward had contravened the Football Association’s ‘whereabouts’ rule by missing a doping test scheduled for Monday – the same day ...

President Edgar Lungu has directed the treasury and all spending agencies to urgently constitute a task force to expedite the completion of infrastructure projects which have stalled across the country. President Lungu is particularly disappointed that many projects in Muchinga province which he recently toured have stalled for a long time. To this effect, the President this morning summoned a ...

Oscar-winning actor Casey Affleck has pulled out of this year’s Academy Awards, his publicist has confirmed. By tradition, Affleck – who won best actor for Manchester By The Sea in 2017 – would have been expected to present the best actress award this year. The actor, brother of Hollywood star Ben Affleck, was sued by two female crew members for ...

At least 37 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in a fire at a hospital in South Korea. The blaze is thought to have started in the emergency room at Sejong Hospital in the south-eastern city of Miryang. About 200 patients were inside the building and an adjoining nursing home at the time. It is South Korea’s ...

President Donald Trump has launched a fierce attack on “predatory” trade practices, warning trading partners at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the US will not tolerate unfair trade. He said these predatory practices were distorting markets and the US “will no longer turn a blind eye”. Mr Trump said he would always put the US first when it ...

The matter in which Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili is charged with three counts of forgery, uttering false documents and presenting false documents to a public officer has failed to take off in the Lusaka Magistrate court. Mr. Kambwili was this morning expected to appear before Magistrate David Simusamba to take plea on the three counts. Mr. Kambwili’s lawyers ...

Government has issued a Statutory Instrument that makes it mandatory for all transporters of bulk and heavy cargo to transport 30% of their cargo using rail. Speaking when he signed the SI in Lusaka, Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba says the implementation of the quota system will lead to the preservation of the road infrastructure. Mr. Mushimba says the ...