One of three schoolgirls who left east London in 2015 to join the Islamic State group says she has no regrets, but wants to return to the UK. In an interview with the Times, Shamima Begum, now 19, talked about seeing “beheaded heads” in bins – but said that it “did not faze her”. Speaking from a refugee camp in ...

Zambia Telecommunications Company Limited (ZAMTEL) has assured its commitment to helping government enhance effective health service delivery to the community as part of its corporate social responsibility. And ZAMTEL has donated 200 linens and blankets worth two hundred thousand kwacha to the UTH women and newborn hospital in the spirit of sharing love on Valentine’s Day. Speaking during the donation, ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has called upon the Zambia Police to undertake necessary investigations into the violence of Tuesday’s by-elections and bring the perpetrators to book. ECZ spokesperson Margaret Chimanse says the commission has noted with regret that the electoral process was marred with violence in Sesheke, Lundazi and Mufumbwe districts. Ms. Chimanse has told Q-News in a ...

The Bank of Zambia (BoZ) will from the 18th of February to the 1st of March conduct a verification exercise for depositors who placed amounts with the Heritagecoin Resources Limited. This follows a Court order on the 29th of January that the K15.3 million seized by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) from Heritagecoin Resources Limited be paid out to the ...

Higher Education revolving fund for students’ loans stood at K11, 721, 696.72 as of Tuesday the 12th of February. Minister of Higher Education Nkandu Luo says the  K11, 721, 696.72 is from loan recoveries from  September 2018 to December 2018. Professor Luo has disclosed at a media briefing in Lusaka that the money is still intact and has not been ...

Housing and Infrastructure Development Minister Ronald Chitotela says government has commissioned a team of engineers to assess the structure integrity of all roads and bridges across the country. Mr. Chitotela says most of the roads and bridges where constructed way back in the UNIP era using cheap material which is why the country has started experiencing a situation where some ...

Minister of Finance Margaret Mwanakatwe says government needs about US$50 million to rehabilitate the Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ) in Kafue. Mrs. Mwanakatwe told parliament during questions for oral answer that government has however not yet found a financier for the rehabilitation of the NCZ. Mrs. Mwanakatwe says government will retender the rehabilitation process for the NCZ plant once a ...

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 ...