Patriots for Economic Progress (PEP) President Sean Tembo has filed a lawsuit in the Lusaka High Court against government for violating Article 20 and 21 of the republican constitution. Mr.Tembo says this is in relation to the freedoms and rights of association, expression and assembly. He says he’s challenging the decision of the police service to cancel his party’s 13th ...

The Zambia Union of Journalists (ZUJ) has noted with great concern what it perceives as favoritism by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Services with regards the issue of emolument at public media institutions. This follows government’s decision to release more than K10 million towards salaries for ZNBC workers. ZUJ President Shamaoma Musonda says while the union is happy that ...

The Lusaka City Council says it removed the billboards for Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo and Finance Minister Margret Mwanakatwe in its ongoing removal billboards not in line with the local government Act Cap 281 of the laws of Zambia. Council acting public relations manager George Sichimba says the two billboards for the ministers were brought down for lacking identity ...

Police in Lusaka have summoned the producers of the video that has gone viral titled “Deadly Blood” in which some people are shown being beaten and burnt using tyres by people carrying what appears like military firearms. The same video is also captioned “Ritual killings in Lilanda and George Compounds in Lusaka” and “Ritual killers burned to ashes for killing ...

Girona have already defied convention in their debut La Liga season and the Catalan side will be hoping to continue their remarkable bid to qualify for next season’s Europa League when they visit Real Madrid for the first time on Sunday. Girona have taken more points at this stage of the season than any other team in their first campaign ...

Cristiano Ronaldo headlined the Portugal squad named on Thursday to face Egypt in Zurich on March 23 and the Netherlands in Geneva four days later. The European Champions’ coach Fernando Santos will have to do without central defender Pepe, but has called up 20-year-old Benfica defender Ruben Dias. Portugal were third in Fifa’s world rankings released on Thursday behind only ...

A 20-year-old singer kissed by Katy Perry during his American Idol audition has said the experience left him “uncomfortable” – because it was his first kiss. Benjamin Glaze, who was 19 at the time, told Perry and her fellow judges he had never kissed a girl. The singer beckoned him over for a kiss on the cheek, but then kissed ...

Thousands of civilians are fleeing a town in the besieged rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region outside Syria’s capital, Damascus, as government forces advance. State television showed pictures of men, women and children carrying bags leaving the town of Hamouria, which has come under intense bombardment. It is the biggest exodus from the enclave since the military stepped up an offensive to ...

This year’s happiest place on Earth is Finland, according to an annual UN report – toppling Norway from the top spot. The World Happiness Report measures “subjective well-being” – how happy people feel they are, and why. Nordic countries regularly appear in the top five, while war-hit countries and a number in sub-Saharan Africa regularly appear in the bottom five. ...

The US has imposed sanctions on 19 Russians, accusing them of interference in the 2016 US election and alleged cyber-attacks. They include 13 individuals charged last month by Justice Department Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin accused the Russians of “destructive cyber-attacks, and intrusions targeting critical infrastructure”. He said the sanctions would target “ongoing nefarious attacks” by Russia. ...