The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested former Zambia Air Force (ZAF) commander Eric Mwaba Chimese for various criminal activities. Lieutenant General Chimese, 50, a retired ZAF commander residing at Plot No. F/4301/3/3 Baobab area in Lusaka has been arrested and jointly charged with James Chungu, 51, a Director of Chita Lodges Limited for concealing of property, willful giving of ...

The opposition UPND has announced intentions to petition the outcome of all 7 local government by-elections held on Tuesday which the ruling PF has won. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says his party is taking this action owing to the violence allegedly instigated by the ruling PF against its officials, members and electorates. Mr. Katuka claims that in Lundazi, Eastern ...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says it is not appropriate for Ronald Chitotela to continue serving as Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister while facing criminal charges. LAZ is of the considered view that the prosecution of Mr. Chitotela, who has been charged with two counts of concealing property suspected of being proceeds of crime, cannot be effective while he ...

The ruling PF says it will petition the outcome of the Sesheke Parliamentary by-election. Secretary General Davies Mwila says his party has opted to petition the election results because of the violence that marred the campaigns. Addressing a media briefing in Lusaka Mr. Mwila said his party lost the by-election because of the enemies of democracy whom he has accused ...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has hailed his party’s victory in the just ended Sesheke Parliamentary by-election as the birth of a movement against tyranny and suppression. Mr. Hichilema believes that with this movement, the yoke of tyranny in Zambia will soon be replaced with peaceful coexistence that is focused on economic development. In a statement to thank the people of ...

Rapper 21 Savage has been granted release from US custody on bond and will be freed on Wednesday in the lead-up to his deportation hearing, his lawyers say. The 26-year-old, real name Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested last week by US immigration agents. They say he is British and in the US illegally. He moved to the US in July ...

His previous starring role was in an 80s mega-flop that almost destroyed George Lucas’s career, but that hasn’t stopped Marvel giving Howard the Duck his own TV series. The feathered superhero will star in one of four Marvel Television animated series for adults. Clerks director Kevin Smith will be one of the show’s writers. A UK streaming service for the ...

Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe called for an end to the “scare stories” about injuries to star players Neymar and Edinson Cavani after he led his side to a 2-0 win a Old Trafford. Neymar and Cavani were absent as PSG scored two away goals in the Champions League last-16 first leg – Mbappe adding to Presnel Kimpembe’s opener. “We ...

All flights in and out of Belgium have been cancelled for a day due to strike action, the country’s air traffic control has announced. The period of cancellation will run for 24 hours, from 22:00 (21:00 GMT) on Tuesday. A national strike has been called by three major trade union federations. Air traffic agency Skeyes said that there was “no ...

Australian PM Scott Morrison says he will re-open a controversial detention centre on Christmas Island, after a historic defeat in parliament. On Tuesday, non-government MPs secured enough votes to pass a bill making it easier for sick refugees held offshore to be treated in the country. Mr Morrison said the law would weaken the nation’s tough border policies and embolden ...