As Maurizio Sarri watched his side limp out of the FA Cup, he resembled a jaded end-of-the-pier entertainer going through the same old act that once brought him acclaim but is now greeted with open hostility and – even more painfully – mockery. The early weeks of the season, when the ‘Sarri-ball’ philosophy that won him the adulation of peers ...

US Senator Bernie Sanders says he will run again for president in 2020, making a second attempt to win the Democratic Party’s nomination. The 77-year-old Vermont senator became a progressive political star in 2016 although he lost his candidacy bid. His campaign says it raised $1m (£777,000) within three and half hours of launching. An outspoken critic of President Donald ...

Iconic fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died in Paris following a short illness. The German designer, who was the creative director for Chanel and Fendi, was one of the industry’s most prolific figures and worked up until his death. His signature ponytail and dark glasses made him an instantly recognisable figure around the world. Industry heavyweights, including Italian designer Donatella ...

Information and Broadcasting Service Minister Chief Dora Siliya says the Media Association of Zambia Bill will be ready by 31st March, 2019. Ms. Siliya says once this Bill is enacted, a media association through which media practitioners and media owners shall regulate themselves will be established. She says government is therefore reaching out to stakeholders to formulate the Bill to ...

Two people have been brutally murdered by an angry mob at Mpepo’s Market Square in Kanchibiya district in Muchinga Province on suspicion that they poisoned their friend during a dinking spree over the weekend. Muchinga Province Police Commissioner, Joe Njase who confirmed the incident to ZANIS in Kanchibiya narrates that an angry mob descended on the duo by using stones ...

Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela has pleaded not guilty to four counts of corruption before Magistrate David Simusamba. The Minister is jointly charged with Gregory Chibanga,Brut Holding Limited and Diris Mukange who also denied the charges. When the matter came up for plea, Mr Chitotela and his co-accused denied two counts of concealing property suspected to be proceeds ...

Government has hinted at plans to set up a Great Lakes Trade Facilitation project at the Kasumbalesa border post as a way to provide a safer trading place for women. Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry Permanent Secretary Kayula Siame is concerned that about 70% women Small Scale Traders remain vulnerable and are hindered from accessing trade information. Speaking at the ...

About 10-15 percent of couples in the country are affected by infertility. And around 85% of infertility cases are due to untreated infectious diseases such as Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), unsafe abortions and unsafe deliveries. Speaking when she launched the “Merck More than a Mother Project” in Lusaka, First Lady Esther Lungu says infertility remains a health problem in Zambia ...

President Edgar Lungu has encouraged Serbian entrepreneurs to take advantage of the conducive environment prevailing in Zambia and explore investment opportunities especially in the prioritized areas of agriculture, tourism, manufacturing, mining, and energy and water development. In a speech read on his behalf by Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya during the Serbian national day commemoration last evening, President Lungu says ...

Preliminary Investigations into the marine accident which left 18 people dead when a boat capsized on Lake Mweru in Nchelenge District of Luapula Province have revealed that the boat capsized due to overloading and stormy weather on the lake. The accident in which 21 other people survived involved a motorized wooden boat carrying 39 passengers travelling from mainland Nchelenge to ...