A number of people have been killed and injured in a stampede at a campaign rally for Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, local officials say. The incident happened at a stadium in the southern city of Port Harcourt when the crowd surged towards a gate after President Buhari’s speech. Nigeria holds an election on Saturday in which Mr Buhari is running ...

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaidó has told tens of thousands of his supporters that humanitarian aid will be brought in, despite opposition from President Nicolás Maduro. He also told a rally in Caracas that “the usurper [Maduro] has to leave”. Mr Maduro earlier told the BBC he would not allow aid in as it was a way for the US ...

Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed the move by President Edgar Lungu to sign the framework on the African Continental  Free Trade Area in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA) is a trade agreement between African Union member states, with the goal of creating a single market followed by free movement and a single-currency union. ...

Transparency International Zambia has questioned African Unions decision to award Zambia an award for its role against corruption. During the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Zambia was given an award by the African Union for its role against corruption. The score card awards are given annually and this year’s ‘s award by the  African Union to Zambia was ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has won the Sesheke Parliamentary by- election. UPND candidate Romeo Kang’ombe has polled 7, 768 votes from provisional results collected from 35 out of the existing 43 polling stations in constituency. Returning Officer Joseph Kanyembo has declared Mr. Kang’ombe as winner of the election after ascertaining that results from the remaining 8 ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) candidate in the Sesheke Parliamentary by-election, Romeo Kang’ombe has taken an early lead in the poll. From the 12 polling stations out of the 43 where counting has been done, Mr. Kang’ombe has polled 5732 votes while PF’s Dean Masule has polled 1825 votes. The other two opposition candidates of the UPPZ ...