Pep Guardiola rubbished Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho’s concession of the Premier League title to his Manchester City side as too soon and warned against complacency ahead of Saturday’s trip to Burnley. Mourinho, whose rivalry with Guardiola stretches back to a stormy relationship as bosses of Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively, told a news conference on Friday that United are ...

Dennis Edwards, who performed as lead singer for the Motown group the Temptations, has died at aged 74. He died in Chicago, his family told CBS News. They did not disclose the cause of death. Edwards joined the Temptations in 1968 and had a number of hits including two Grammy award-winning songs, Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone and Cloud Nine. ...

Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN’s migration agency. Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals. Libyans were also aboard. Libya has for years been a major transit route for migrants trying to reach southern Europe by sea. EU countries have wrangled over both reducing migrant numbers ...

Governance Activist David Kapoma accused the ruling Patriotic Front of embarking on a premature campaign at the expense of national development. Mr. Kapoma says this shows that the ruling party is becoming insecure and feel they are losing popularity. He says it’s only hoped that the ruling party is not using tax payers’ money to conduct premature campaigns.   But ...

The Center for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has advised government to adhere to the proposed measures in restructuring the country’s economy if it’s to get the International Monetary Fund (IMF) financial support. Mr. Mwaipopo says the IMF has not completely closed door for negotiations with Zambia, saying there is still an opportunity to get the credit facility. He says ...

United Peaceful and Prosperous Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda says there is need for the government to revisit its agriculture policies because they are failing the people of Zambia. Mr. Chanda says it is sad that despite the government being aware that most of these policies are not helping grow the agriculture sector; it’s doing nothing to revisit them. He ...

The Movement for National Transformation (MNT) has observed that Zambia lacks economic sovereignty, because it lacks economic craftsmen with first world competitive policy direction, and institutions to craft an advanced dominant economy. Party President Daniel Shimunza says foreigners will never advance Zambia’s economic interests, but will protect their own vested interests in trade. Mr. Shimunza has advised government to be ...

Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Administration Dr Kennedy Malama says the ministry will on Monday, 5th February begin administering the second dose of the oral cholera vaccine. Dr Malama has since advised all those who received the first dose of the vaccine to carry with them the cards they were given during the first round in order for them ...

Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairperson Howard Kunda has implored government to operationalize the State Audit Commission Act of 2016 and the Public Audit Act of 2016. Speaking in Lusaka during the launch of the 2017-2021 strategic plan for the office of the Auditor General, Mr. Kunda has also noted the need for government to create an Audit Division to ...

The Ministry of General Education says school holidays for Lusaka based schools will be adjusted and that pupils will be required to attend school on weekends in order for them to catch up following the delayed reopening of schools. Lusaka provincial Principal Education Standards Officer Grace Sinkolongo says out of 131 government schools, 111 schools have been cleared to reopen, ...