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President Hakainde Hichilema has requested the kingdom of Saudi Arabia to convert Zambia’s debt into a grant. Speaking when Saudi Arabia ‘S King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud special Envoy Ahmed Kattan paid a courtesy call on him, president Hichilema also requested that fuel and fertilizer deals between Zambia and Saudi are relooked at. President Hichilema says with the ongoing war ...

The civil society organizations decentralization alliance network has appealed to traditional leaders in the country to make themselves available in the decentralization process. Network Interim National Coordinator, George Chimembe says tradition leaders should take advantage of the national decentralization policy including the Constituency Development Fund [CDF] guidelines which have recognized them as key catalyst for the devolved system of governance. ...

Government has advised the opposition patriotic front to stop playing politics with regards late 4th republican President Rupiah Banda. reacting to pf acting secretary-general Nickson Chilangwa’s statement that the late president was not evacuated for medical attention, Ministry Of Information And Media Director Thabo Kawana says the country accorded the late president a befitting send-off, hence the need to respect him ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) through its Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Unit (AMLIU) has arrested former foreign affairs Minister Joe Malanji for money laundering activities involving K10 million and $700,000.00. in a statement obtained by q-news, DEC Public Relations Officer, Mathias Kamanga says Mr. Malanji, aged 56, residing at Plot Number 179 Acacia Road, Roma Park, in Lusaka, has been arrested ...

The Ministry of Health has targeted to vaccinate about 4.7 million children under the age of five against polio in four phases of the mass vaccination campaign that has kicked off today. Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo made the announcement in a speech read on her behalf by Lusaka province Minister Sheal Mulyata during the launch of the mass polio ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has voiced out over the continued shortage of drugs in public health facilities in the country. WHO Country Director, Nathan Bakyaita says Zambia will have challenges in achieving Universal Health Coverage as well as meeting the Sustainable Development Goals which aim to create a world by 2030 where everyone has access to affordable essential Medicines. ...

The Constitutional Court has ruled that nine Patriotic Front (PF) Members of Parliament whose elections were nullified by the High Court should resume parliamentary representation of their respective constituencies pending the outcome of their appeals. The ruling which was delivered by Constitutional Court Judge, Palan Mulonda, follows a petition by the Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) that sought the court’s ...

Zambia records at least 4,000 TB deaths and 59,000 new infections every year, the ministry of health has revealed. Ministry of health permanent secretary in-charge of technical services Professor Lackson Kasonka says Tuberculosis remains one of the top ten causes of death in Zambia and globally. Officiating at the TB symposium and dissemination of drug-resistance TB survey results in Lusaka ...

Environmentalist William Harrington is demanding that government addresses all the environmental challenges facing the country and put a stop to developments in critical ecological forest areas across the country. Mr. Harrington has told QTV news that as the country joins the rest of the world in commemorating world international forest day, under the theme: “forests and sustainable production and consumption”, ...

The Anti Corruption Commission has arrested and charged opposition PF Acting President Given Lubinda with five counts of being in possession of properties suspected to be proceeds of crime. This is in a matter in which Mr. Lubinda has been under investigation since January 2022 when he was first summoned for questioning and a warn and caution statement recorded from ...