Nearly half of female festival goers (43%) under 40 say they have faced unwanted sexual behaviour at a music festival, a new survey suggests. Overall, 22% of all festival goers have faced assault or harassment, rising to 30% of women overall. The most common forms were unwelcome and forceful dancing and verbal sexualised harassment. YouGov surveyed 1,188 festival goers. The ...

Rwandan authorities have auctioned off assets from the family business of a jailed critic of President Paul Kagame. Diane Rwigara was barred from running in last year’s election, and was later arrested on accusations of forgery and inciting insurrection. The Rwanda Revenue Authority sold machinery from the family’s tobacco business for almost $2m (£1.5m) in a bid to recover $7m ...

Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku will “remember to have fun” at the World Cup, despite claiming “some people in my own country want to see me fail”. The 25-year-old Manchester United forward is expected to start against Panama in Sochi on Monday (16:00 BST). But he feels many Belgium supporters do not appreciate him and are unaware of his poverty-hit childhood. ...

The Patriotic Front (PF) Central Committee will on sit to consider applications for candidates who have applied to contest for the positions Mayor and Council Chairperson in the upcoming by-elections. PF Secretary General Davies Mwila has since advised all aspiring candidates in the party to appreciate that under democracy; only one candidate can be chosen. He says once the decision ...

President Edgar Lungu has been advised to take responsibility and break the cycle where the legacies of Zambia’s Heads of State are rubbished once they leave office. MMD Felix Mutati led faction National Secretary, Raphael Nakachinda says President Lungu has a duty to end this cycle by correcting the bad precedent. Mr. Nakachinda says President Lungu should start by honoring ...

Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili, his son Mwamba and two others have pleaded not guilty to 39 corruption charges. Mr Kambwili and his co-accused Brano Lukwesa,Mulenga Makasa and his company Mwamona investment and technical services are charged with among other offences being in possession of property suspected to be proceeds of crime. During trial before Magistrate Mwaka Mikalile, state ...

The opposition UPND has charged that the recent austerity measures announced by Finance Minister Margret Mwanakatwe have clearly given a signal that the PF have destroyed the economy. Mrs Mwanakatwe announced last week that the President had ordered cancellation of some existing loans, banned the issuance of letters of credit and guarantees to state owned enterprises, terminated financing of development ...

Community Development and Social Services Minister, Emerine Kabanshi says government will continue to strengthen its social protection response in order to tackle high levels of poverty and vulnerability in the country. The Minister said this in Lusaka during a media breakfast meeting in commemoration of the Social Protection Week which is being commemorated under the theme “Decentralization and Innovation”. Ms ...

Business and Financial Analyst, Blessings Kafwanka says the cancelation of pipeline debt and already approved loans by government will ease the fiscal pressure that has been exerted on the resources. Last week Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe disclosed that President Edgar Lungu has ordered cancellation of some existing loans, banned the issuance of letters of credit and guarantees to state owned ...

Government has revealed that it is targeting an electricity generation capacity of 6, 000 megawatts for country by 2030. Zambia currently generates 3, 100 megawatts of power. Energy Permanent Secretary, Brigadier General Emelda Chola says in order to achieve this; government is embarking on various programs aimed at diversifying the energy sector. Speaking when she met an 18 member South ...