Eastern Province Permanent Secretary Chanda Kasolo has disclosed that a conglomerate is planning to set up a fossil fuel power generation plant in the province. Mr. Kasolo says the conglomerate will work with a a local company called Chipata power generation limited in setting up a plant. In an interview with Q- News, Mr. Kasolo says once the power generation ...

Chelsea coach Marco Ianni has been fined £6,000 by the Football Association for his celebration after a 96th-minute equaliser in a 2-2 draw against Manchester United. Ianni celebrated in front of the United bench, sparking a reaction from United manager Jose Mourinho. The FA said Ianni had admitted an “improper conduct charge”. Mourinho was not punished by the FA for ...

A Christian woman who was sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy has won her appeal and been acquitted in a landmark ruling. Asia Bibi was convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a row with her neighbours. She always maintained her innocence, but has spent most of the past eight years in solitary confinement. ...

Governance, Electoral, Advocacy and Research Services (GEARS) Initiative has demanded that the installation of satellite village televisions in Mangango constituency and other areas holding by-elections be halted until after the by- elections Gears initiative Executive Director, Mcdonald Chipenzi says his organisation is concerned with reports of electoral blackmail in Mangango and other areas. Mr. Chipenzi says his organisation is in ...

US President Donald Trump has offered condolences at the Pennsylvania synagogue where 11 Jewish worshippers were shot dead at the weekend. He was joined by First Lady Melania Trump, his daughter and son-in-law at the Tree of Life temple in Pittsburgh. Hundreds of protesters gathered on the street chanting slogans against the president. The visit came as mourners attended the ...

Information and Broadcasting Services Minister, Dora Siliya has encouraged local broadcasting stations to make use of opportunities that have been created following Zambia’s digital migration. Speaking at the Digital Broadcasting Conference in Lusaka, Ms. Siliya says focus should now change from the digital migration policy to digital broadcasting policy and its subsequent laws to complete it. Ms. Siliya says this is ...

Minister of Health, Dr. Chitalu Chilufya says government is committed to increasing the budgetary allocation towards nutrition in the coming fiscal year. In a speech read on his behalf by Permanent Secretary in-charge of Training Professor Elwyn Chomba at the launch of the East and Southern Africa Nutrition Budget Commitment report, Dr. Chilufya says government has demonstrated its commitment by ...

The inevitable has happened. After a dreadful start to a season in which they have lost four of their first 10 La Liga games and dropped to ninth in the table, Real Madrid have sacked Julen Lopetegui. The identity of the man replacing him is something of a surprise, especially to outsiders. Santiago Solari is a relatively unknown figure even ...

At least seven people have been killed in a raging fire along South Africa’s popular Garden Route in the Western Cape province, officials say. A pregnant woman, two toddlers, and a baby are among the fatalities. “The fire remains active on the slopes,” Lauren Howard from Working on Fire said about their operation in the mountainous suburb in George city. ...

An ex-nurse in Germany has admitted at the start of his trial that he murdered 100 patients, making him one of the world’s most prolific serial killers. Detectives say Niels Högel administered fatal doses of medication to the people in his care – causing cardiac arrest – at two hospitals in northern Germany. His motive, prosecutors say, was to impress ...