Governance, Elections, Advocacy And Research Services (Gears) Initiative Executive Director McDonald Chipenzi says the de-registration of National Democratic Congress is politically motivated. On Monday, the Registrar of Societies de-registered NDC after the high court found that it did not have an adopted constitution. Mr Chipenzi says the de-registration the NDC is an assault on the country’s democracy. He says the ...

Energy Permanent Secretary Brigadier General Emeldah Chola Government has noted the need for increased awareness on the use of renewable energy for people to manage the increased load shedding in the country. And the Ministry of Energy with support from the European Union has launched the sector wide capacity building program which is estimated at 27 million kwacha, aimed at ...

Everton midfielder Jean-Philippe Gbamin has been sidelined for at least eight weeks after injuring his thigh in training, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The 23-year-old, who signed in the close season from Bundesliga side Mainz 05 for a fee reported to be around £25 million, suffered a tendon injury and did not play a part in the 2-0 ...

Seven people suspected of organising and taking part in burglaries at the homes of Paris Saint-Germain footballers Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Thiago Silva were charged in the French capital on Tuesday, according to judicial sources. Six men and one woman, aged between 25 and 29, were detained in Paris and the surrounding area last Thursday. Six of those subsequently charged ...

Taylor Swift took home the biggest prize of the night at Monday’s MTV Video Music Awards. She won video of the year for coolly dealing with the haters in You Need to Calm Down, from her new album Lover. Isabel Toledo, the acclaimed fashion designer best known for creating the dress worn by Michelle Obama at her husband’s presidential inauguration ...

Jeremy Corbyn says opposition MPs will take the first steps towards trying to pass a law blocking a no-deal Brexit when Parliament returns next week. The Labour leader was speaking after meeting other opposition leaders to discuss ways of averting a no deal. The move could force the PM to ask the EU for a further Brexit delay, beyond the ...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has ruled out accepting a G7 offer of aid to fight fires in the Amazon rainforest unless he gets an apology from his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron. Mr Bolsonaro said the French leader should apologise for insulting him personally by calling him a liar. Mr Macron had accused him of “lying” about fighting climate change. Aid ...

The Japanese government has given Zambia a US$2.82 million grant for the procurement of health center kits of essential drugs to respond to the immediate primary health care needs of the citizens. The grant assistance is connection with the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) which President Edgar Lungu will attend in Japan this week. Speaking during the ...

The Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition (CSO-SUN) Alliance has urged government to declare the hunger situation in the country a national disaster and treat affected areas as an emergency to prevent phase 5 of food insecurity which involves mortality. Addressing a media briefing in Lusaka, SO-SUN Country Coordinator Mathews Mhuru has also urged government to increase the quality of food ...

Outgoing British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus Cochrane-Dyet says many Zambians will die from malnutrition compounded by disease due to the hunger situation in some parts of the country. Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka, Mr Cochrane-Dyet has wondered why government has refused to declare the hunger situation a national disaster when neighboring countries have declared food security emergencies. ...