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President Edgar Lungu has called for transformational approaches to spur technical and vocational training for youth employment on the continent. Speaking today during a NEPAD meeting of heads of State and Government ahead of the official opening of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, President Lungu says Africa needs to ensure that skills development and mainstreaming of job ...

The Democratic Front (DF), National Restoration Party (NAREP) and the Fourth Revolution party (4R) have joined hands to form an alliance they are calling the Orange Alliance. The Alliance’s leader is DF President Miles Sampa, while NAREP President Elias Chipimo is the Chairman with 4R’s Erick Chanda as Secretary General as well Spokesperson. Speaking during the signing of the alliance ...

Veteran Politician and MMD founder member Vernon Mwaanga has doubted the Patriotic Front and the MMD Could work together in an alliance ahead of this year’s elections. Dr. Mwaanga says this is considering that memories of the tear gassing of MMD President Nevers Mumba and his supporters by Police in Eastern province are still fresh. He says he believes the ...

President Edgar Lungu is optimistic that the future of mining in Zambia is still bright. Speaking to Journalists at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport this afternoon before departure for Ethiopia to attend the Africa Union heads of state summit, President Lungu says mining prospects in Zambia are high. He says he is still studying the findings of the report of the ...

The Zambian Government has signed two agreements worth US$243 million with the African Development Bank (ADB) for the rehabilitation of the Chinsali-Nakonde road. Speaking during the signing of the two agreements in Lusaka today, Finance Alexander Chikwanda says the two loan agreements will see the ADB and the Africa Growing Together Fund provide two highly concessional loans to finance the ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Chama says Zambians will be making a big mistake to remove the ruling PF from government in this year’s elections. Mr. Chama says unlike other political parties, the ruling PF has a blueprint for developing the Country. He notes that in addition to its massive road infrastructure development projects, the PF government is this year ...

President Edgar Lungu has advised civil servants against falling prey to fake promises being made to them by some opposition political party leaders. Speaking when he swore-in former Inspector General of Police Ephraim Mateyo as North Western Province Permanent Secretary, Emmanuel Mali as Public Policy Specialist at Cabinet Office and Owen Mugemezulu as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Higher ...

President Edgar Lungu has come up with a three-way strategic plan to enhance food security in the country. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda says the first option is to grow irrigated maize, while the second option is for the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) and the Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) to mop up ...

Government has been advised to dissolve the Mutembo Nchito tribunal and allow him to resume his duties as Director of Public Prosecutions. The Zambian Voice Executive Director Chilufya Tayali tells QFM News that government should realize that it is losing out a lot more in tax payer’s money than it is benefiting from holding on to the court halted Mutembo ...

The Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) has observed that Zambia is paying a great price through political hooliganism and apparently the leadership in all political parties has failed to uproot political violence. In a pastoral statement on the State of the nation 2016, the Catholic Bishops note that in some cases political leaders seem to encourage and fan political violence by ...