Russian warplanes have reportedly bombed the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib, as government troops mass ahead of what may be a major offensive. If confirmed, they would be the first such air strikes there in three weeks. Earlier, US President Donald Trump warned Syria’s Bashar al-Assad against launching a “reckless attack” on Idlib. But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected the ...

The opposition MMD says it is eager to see how government will outline measures it will put in place to tackle the issue of public debt in the sitting of Parliament which opens this month. National Secretary Raphael Nakachinda says his party wants to particularly see the solutions that government has crafted to get Zambia out of its current economic ...

Zambia will this month assume, for a period of three years, the presidency of the African Union (AU) autonomous body, African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC). This will be during the AFCAC extraordinary and ordinary plenary sessions to be held in Livingstone from the 23rd to 27th of September. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General Gabriel Lesa says his Authority and ...

Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya has dismissed online reports suggesting that there is an outbreak of Ebola in Zambia. Dr .Chilufya clarified at a media briefing that the said suspected case of Ebola at Levy Mwanawasa Teaching Hospital being reported about, was a case of septicemia, a condition of bacteria in the blood. He says the patient, aged 41 is ...

Ministry of Tourism and Arts has observed the need to hold an Indaba to discuss the best practices in the tourism sector. Permanent Secretary Howard Sikwela has urged Conservation Organizations working in partnership with Government to arrange an Indaba with line Ministries and traditional leaders. Speaking at his office when representatives of the Organizations The Nature Conservancy (TNC), African Parks ...

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) is concerned that the implementation of the Public Order Act has continued to contradict Article of 21 of the Republican Constitution. Spokesperson Mweelwa Muleya says failure to recognize the previsions of this Article in the implementation of this Act, especially during elections, is a violation of humans rights. Mr. Muleya states that the commission will ...

Former Finance Minister Katele Kalumba has urged government to heed to the caution against disclosing the terms for refinancing the US$ 750 million Eurobond. The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) has warned that disclosing terms for refinancing Zambia’s first Eurobond will jeopardize its bargaining abilities in refinancing its other two Eurobonds. And Dr. Kalumba who was Cabinet Minister under the ...