The number of people known to have died in Indonesia in Friday’s earthquake and tsunami has risen to more than 1,200, the country’s disaster response agency says. The death toll jumped on Tuesday from a previous confirmed figure of 844. The 7.5-magnitude quake struck just off the central island of Sulawesi, setting off a tsunami that engulfed the coastal city ...

Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) is likely to fail to meet most of the set goals in its 2014-2018 strategic plan. In its 2014-2018 strategic plan, ZRL aims to among other goals, increase train speeds to an average of 70 kilometers per hour and increase passenger traffic to 400,000 people per year by 2015. But ZRL board chairperson Lubinda Linyama has ...

Zambia has told the 69th Session of the Executive Committee sitting in Geneva, Switzerland that the country requires financial assistance to successfully conclude the integration of the former refugees. Minister of Home Affairs, Stephen Kampyongo said in his statement to the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commission for Refugee that the acquisition of permanent resident by former refugees has stalled ...

Development activist Canisius Banda has advised government against curtailing the enjoyment of academic freedom in the Country. Dr. Banda says just like freedom of expression, the proliferation of research and academic freedom are fundamental to the well being of human beings. In an interview with QTV News, Dr. Banda says there is need therefore to promote the culture of thinking ...