Venezuelan soldiers who defected into Colombia on Saturday say they fear for the safety of their families under President Nicolás Maduro’s government. Speaking exclusively to the BBC’s Orla Guerin, one defector aged 23 says he is worried forces loyal to the president may “lash out against my family”. “But I think it was the best decision I could have made,” ...

President Edgar Lungu has been urged not to be selective in the fight against corruption. Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) Executive Director Patrick Nshindano has urged president lungu to be sincere and unbiased in its fight against corruption. He says the President’s decision not to fire Infrastructure and Development Minister Ronald Chitotela  shows that the fight against corruption is ...

  Minister of Health Chitalu Chilufya has disclosed that government has revoked the suspension of a male nurse of Mawaya Clinic in Kalomo who is alleged to have denied services to a mother who took her child to the health facility for not speaking the local language. The Ministry of Health instituted investigations into the matter where a male nurse ...