An Ethiopian Airlines jet has crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, killing all on board. The airline said 149 passengers and eight crew members were on flight ET302 from the Ethiopian capital to Nairobi in Kenya. It said 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, eight Americans and seven British nationals were among the passengers. The crash happened at 08:44 local time, ...

The Young African Leaders Initiative has noted with sadness the resignation of Synod  Bishop Sydney Sichilima as president of the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) in the wake of the strongly-worded statement from the three church mother bodies. YALI president Andrew Nthewewe says Synod  Bishop Sydney Sichilima’s resignation should not be taken lightly but must be a call for ...

The ministry of finance says government has made steady progress towards the drafting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) that will come in effect on 1st April, 2019. Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe says her ministry has come up with a draft legal framework that it is yet to be approved by cabinet before the end of this month. She ...

Chinese ambassador to Zambia Li Jie has disclosed that bilateral trade volume between china and Zambia has increased dramatically from USD 2.36 billion in 2017 to USD 5.07 billion in 2018. Mr. Jie says china’s focus in its economic cooperation with Zambia is now skewed towards promoting direct private sector investments that will not require any sovereign guarantees from the ...

Government has hinted plans to meet embassies in Zambia that have expressed concern over the suspension of privately owned prime television for one month. Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Malanji  who confirmed the development disclosed that government has not yet received official communication from the embassies with regards to the suspension  of the TV station. Mr. Malanji says his ministry ...

Ten (10) houses have been destroyed after a heavy storm blew off roofs in Mkushi district. Mkushi district commissioner Luke Mwamba says 10 houses had their roofs blown off after a heavy downpour, leaving two minors aged six and five injured. Mr. Mwamba says the incident happened on Tuesday 6th match 2019 around 16 hours. He says the affected families ...