An office for Nigeria’s election commission has been burned down just six days before the country is due to vote in a general election. The fire in Plateau State has destroyed everything needed to vote, including ballot boxes and voting slips. A spokesperson called it a setback for the preparations for the election but is quoted in This Day as ...

Tens of thousands gathered in Madrid for a protest by right-wing parties opposed to a Spanish government plan to ease tension in the Catalonia region. The centre-right Popular Party (PP) and Ciudadanos (Citizens) say Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s plan to appoint an intermediary for talks with separatists amounts to treason. The separatists have rejected the offer – they want a ...

Zambia has been ranked 24th out of 49 countries on the African continent in the fight against diseases of poverty known as Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs),according to a new league table based on the World Health Organization (WHO) data. The five most common neglected tropical diseases amenable to mass treatment are blinding tracheotomy; intestinal worms; the mosquito-borne elephantiasis; snail-bornebilharzia; and ...

Former Republican President Rupiah Banda has urged Zambians to protect the image of the country by not issuing reckless statements which can impact on the country’s economy. Mr. Banda says Zambians should be patriotic and protect the integrity of the country. He says it is embarrassing to see how some Zambians had resorted to denting their own country’s image by ...

President Edgar  Lungu has signed the African Continental Free Trade Area(AFCFTA). President Lungu signed the Protocol which was witnessed his Excellency Albert m. Muchanga, African Union Commissioner for Trade and Industry, signed on behalf of the African Union. The president said Zambia will now work towards necessary processes required to ratify the agreement. The president said Zambia will now work ...