The Non-governmental Gender Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has received a grant of 40 million Swedish Krona equivalent to about US$4.3 million or K44 million from the Swedish embassy in Lusaka to support the implementation of the 2018 to 2022 strategic plan dubbed: “building solidarity for women’s empowerment”. Speaking during the grant signing ceremony, NGOCC board chairperson, Sara Longwe says the ...

The Godfather actress and jazz singer Morgana King has died aged 87. She played Carmela Corleone – the wife of Marlon Brando’s Don Vito – in the first two Godfather films, alongside a Grammy-nominated jazz career. King passed away from cancer on 22 March at her home in Palm Springs, California, the Riverside County coroner’s office confirmed. Her death had ...

Forty-eight people have been killed and 67 injured in a bomb explosion at an education centre in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, the country’s health ministry says. Police say a suicide bomber walked into the centre while teaching was under way and detonated his bomb belt. Many of those killed are believed to be teenagers who were getting extra tuition as they ...

The Solwezi Magistrate court has sentenced a 26-year-old man of Kyawama areas in Solwezi to 30 months imprisonment with hard labout for swindling unsuspecting members of the public through facebook. Police spokesperson Esther Katongo says the convict; Reagan Maluso had created a fake facebook account in the name of First Lady Esther Lungu and used the same to swindle people ...

Grief in Italy for the 39 victims of a collapsed motorway bridge in Genoa has been mixed with anger that such a vital structure could have simply given way. Rescuers have little hope of finding more survivors underneath the Morandi bridge, where almost 40 vehicles fell 45m (148ft) in Tuesday’s collapse. The cause is not yet known but there have ...

Consumer Unity Trust Society (CUTS) International CENTRE Coordinator, Chennai Mukumba has described the decision by Cabinet to introduce tax on internet based phone calls as retrogressive. Ms. Mukumba says this amounts to double-charging consumers who will still pay for data in addition to the 30 Ngwee per day or K9 per month. She has told Q-news that the decision by government ...

Police in Siavonga District have arrested a 60-year old man for the murder of his 58-year old wife using a pounding stick. The suspect has been identified as Bernard Hamwiinga of Hakabija village in Chief Sinadambwe’s Chiefdom in Siavonga District who murdered his wife identified as Maggie Mafuta of the same village. Confirming the developmentto q-news, Siavonga District Commissioner, Lovemore ...

Former world number one Serena Williams says she is at the start of a “long comeback” after losing 6-3 2-6 6-3 to Czech Petra Kvitova in Cincinnati. The second-round loss comes on the back of her heaviest career defeat, a 6-1 6-0 loss to Britain’s Johanna Konta in the Silicon Valley Classic first round. “I’m still at the very beginning,” ...

Madonna turns 60 on Thursday. To celebrate, we’re taking a look back at her 35 years in the industry. Since Madonna’s eponymous debut album hit the shelves in 1983, she’s performed on 10 concert tours and sold more than 300 million records. This has earned her a spot in the Guinness World Records as the best-selling female recording artist of ...

Grief in Italy for the 39 victims of a collapsed motorway bridge in Genoa has been mixed with anger that such a vital structure could have simply given way. Rescuers say there is little hope for more survivors underneath the Morandi bridge, where almost 40 vehicles fell 45m (148ft) in Tuesday’s collapse. The cause is not yet known but there ...