The Zambia Center for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) says it will go ahead with plans to hold the summit of political party leaders whether the opposition UPND takes part or not. The UPND has remained adamant about the Church being the one to lead the national dialogue. But ZCID spokesperson Jackson Silavwe has told a media briefing in Lusaka that the ...

Carlo Ancelotti will make his home debut on the Napoli bench on Saturday against the team he turned into world beaters during an eight-year spell as coach. In one of the delightful twists that football has a habit of providing, AC Milan will be Napoli’s first opponents of the season at the San Paolo as last season’s runners-up aim to ...

The release date of the next James Bond film is widely expected to be put back following Danny Boyle’s abrupt decision to exit the currently untitled project. “Bond 25” is scheduled to arrive in UK cinemas on 25 October 2019 and open in US cinemas two weeks later. But the film may not now be released “until late 2020”, according ...

Bad news for those who enjoy what they think is a healthy glass of wine a day. A large new global study published in the Lancet has confirmed previous research which has shown that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. The researchers admit moderate drinking may protect against heart disease but found that the risk of cancer and ...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s win in last month’s polls has been upheld by Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Court. The opposition MDC Alliance had brought the legal challenge saying the vote was marred by “mammoth theft and fraud”, but this was rejected by the court. Delivering the verdict, Chief Justice Luke Malaba called allegations of tampering “bold and unsubstantiated”. It was Zimbabwe’s first election ...

Declan Donnelly will have a new co-host on the next series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! as Ant McPartlin takes time off. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, ITV’s director of television Kevin Lygo said they have decided on Dec’s co-host, but would not reveal who it was. Ant stepped down from his TV work in ...

Scott Morrison is to be Australia’s new prime minister after Malcolm Turnbull was forced out by party rivals in a bruising leadership contest. Mr Turnbull had been under pressure from poor polling and what he described as an “insurgency” by conservative MPs. Mr Morrison, the treasurer, won an internal ballot 45-40 over former Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton – who ...

The Ugandan MP and pop star Bobi Wine has been charged with treason in a civilian court shortly after a military court freed him. Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, was immediately re-arrested after being released. His lawyers say he has been assaulted in detention, which the military and President Yoweri Museveni deny. He was detained along with ...

Lusaka Province Minister Bowman Lusambo has expressed concern at the continued long queues of patients at both the University Teaching Hospital and Chilenje First Level Hospital in Lusaka. Mr. Lusambo who made impromptu visits to the two hospitals expressed disappointment that some patients are not attended to on time, a situation he said should be addressed as soon as possible. ...

The opposition Rainbow Party leader Wynter Kabimba has called upon the government to publicize the terms the Turkish private equity has given to refinance the US$750 million Eurobond. Mr Kabimba says government should also tell the nation what is good about these terms compared to the original terms of the bond. He is urging government to be equally transparent in ...