Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has disclosed that malaria related deaths reduced by 50 percent in all ages between 2016 and 2017. Dr. Chilufya says despite the country recording a reduction in the number of malaria deaths over the years, there are still more interventions that need to be put in place to completely eradicate malaria by 2021. He says government ...

Kanye West was supposed to release his ninth album, Yandhi, on Saturday. Three days later, he’s appeared on Saturday Night Live and called for the abolition of the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, which ended slavery – but the album has yet to materialise. Speaking to TMZ, the star explained he “didn’t finish” the album in time; and would ...

Public Private Drivers Association of Zambia (PPDAZ) President Josiah Majuru has encouraged bus drivers to seriously consider putting God first in their operations and always ensure they start their journey with prayer. Mr. Majuru tells Q-news that some of the fatal road traffic accidents that have been recorded in the country have some evil forces behind them. He says it ...

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 ...

The Ruling Patriotic Front says critics claiming that the 2019 national budget is weak are not being sincere. PF media director Sunday Chanda says the ruling party is however, not surprised as it is fully aware that critics such as opposition political parties oppose anything without paying attention to detail. Mr. Chanda says contrary to assertions by critics, the 2019 ...

Ministry of Water Development, Sanitation and Environmental Protection Permanent secretary, Dr. Eddie Chomba says provision of sanitation services in Zambia still remains a challenge. in a speech read on his behalf by director of water and sanitation Oswell Katooka, Dr Chomba says statistics indicate that Zambia has sanitation coverage of 21% with urban areas at 39% and rural areas at ...

  Four society organizations have accused the PF government of increasingly becoming authoritarian following the recent deportation of Kenyan lawyer and academician professor Patrick Lumumba. The four organizations are the non government gender organisations’ coordinating council (ngocc), action aid Zambia, alliance for community action, caritas Zambia and Zambia council for social development. in a statement issued on behalf of the ...