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 ...

A five year old boy of Namwala District has died after an ox-cart he was on hit into a tree and in the process overturned. Zambia Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo has identified the boy as Sylvester Milimo. Mrs. Katongo has told QTV News in a statement that the accident happened on Sunday the 2nd of September around 15:00 hours at ...

Government says it will go ahead to publish the Constitution Amendment Bill  should the national dialogue process continue to delay. Justice Minister Given Lubinda says government is concerned by how long it is taking to hold the national dialogue. Speaking when he held a meeting on human rights with British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus Cochrane Dyet and the European ...

England’s highest Test run-scorer Alastair Cook will retire from international cricket after this week’s final Test against India. The opener, 33, has scored 12,254 runs and made 32 centuries in 160 Tests – all England records. “There is nothing left in the tank,” said Cook, who captained his country in a record 59 Tests. The fifth Test of the series, ...

Chris Evans has announced he will be leaving the Radio 2 breakfast show after eight years at the helm, and 13 years at the station. “I’m going to leave. I’m leaving Radio 2,” he told listeners, but promised he’d stay on air until Christmas. Explaining the decision, he said: “Some of us are mountain climbers [but] if you get to ...

A court in Myanmar has sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison for violating a state secrets act while investigating violence against the Rohingya minority. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, nationals of Myanmar, were arrested while carrying official documents which had just been given to them by police officers. They have maintained their innocence, saying they were ...

President Edgar Lungu has been called upon to address the issue of value addition in his speech to open Parliament this month. BuyZed Campaign founder Evans Ngoma says his organization also expect President Lungu to discuss how government intends to create industries in the newly created Districts. Mr. Ngoma says BuyZed has observed that there a many agricultural products that ...