The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit says it anticipates the number of people in need of relief food to increase to 2.3 million in October from the current 1.7 million being serviced in 53 districts. DMMU National Coordinator Chanda Kabwe SAYS in servicing the increased number of people and addressing nutrition challenges, DMMU will start giving beans and Kapenta and ...

Transparency International Zambia has condemned the decision by the Drug Enforcement Commission to withdraw the summoning of Lusaka Businessman Valden Findlay in connection with drug trafficking allegations. TIZ Chapter President Reuben Lifuka has described the decision by the DEC as puzzling and one that fuels further speculation. Mr Lifuka says the issue of Mr Findlay has attracted a lot of ...

A knife-wielding employee has killed three officers and one administrative worker at police headquarters in the centre of the French capital, Paris. The attacker, who has not been named, was shot dead by police. Witnesses described scenes of panic, with many people fleeing the building in tears. The area in the île de la Cité has been sealed off. The ...

National Guidance and Religious Affairs Minister Reverend Godfridah Sumaili has announced that the construction of the national house of prayer will commence within a week following the securing of K1.2 million. Revered Sumaili says a taskforce team has since been appointed to oversee the construction and affairs of the national house of prayer. Speaking during the ministry of information weekly ...

Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says the country is likely to experience floods and flash floods in flood prone areas that may cause damage to infrastructure and increase the chances of disease burdens to human, livestock and crops during the 2019/2020 rainy season. In a ministerial statement on the 2019/2020 rainy season forecast, Mr. Kafwaya says these experiences may ...

President Edgar Lungu has applauded the private sector for supplementing government efforts in developing the country. Speaking when Trade Kings Group of Companies Chief Executive Officer Iqbal Patel together with Operations Manager Imran Patel and Company Spokesperson Ernest Mande paid a courtesy call on him, President Lungu says government will continue to provide an enabling environment for the private sector ...

Court bailiffs this afternoon pounced on the Zambia Red Cross Society Head office in Lusaka confiscating office furniture and vehicles. The bailiffs are believed to have been acting on behalf of former Zambia Red Cross Society Secretary General Charles Mushitu who is owed by the society. One of the bailiffs who sought anonymity told a QTV News crew that rushed ...

CTPD Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo (Picture by Albert Mpezeni) The Centre for Trade Policy and Development (CTPD) has observed that the 2020 national budget is full of contradictions as many policy pronouncements are not being supported with spending and tax changes. CTPD Executive Director Isaac Mwaipopo says his organization is concerned that the proposed budget has not carried enough matching ...

Police have launched investigations into reports of an intercepted mercenary plane in Lusaka. The Daily Nation newspaper in its edition number 2407 published on Wednesday, 2nd October,2019 carried an article headline “MERCENARIES,PLANE INTERCEPTED?”. Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo says Police have taken keen interest in the revelation by the newspaper and inquiry in the matter has since been opened. Mrs Katongo ...

President Edgar Lungu has called for concerted and collaborative global efforts in tackling and mitigating the devastating effects of climate change. President Lungu says the impact of climate change is frustrating efforts aimed at achieving the UN 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He has emphasized the need to maintain the momentum of addressing effects of climate change which ...