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Over 13 million of Zambia’s estimated 20 million people are at risk of being affected by one of the four endemic neglected tropical diseases. Zambia is endemic to four Neglected Tropical Diseases which are Bilarzia, Trachoma,Soil Transmitted  and Elephantiasis also known as lymphatic filariasis, which is the swelling of limbs and other body parts. Speaking during the virtual commemoration of ...

Former Environment Minister William Harrington has charged that allowing mining activities to take place in the Lower Zambezi is a disaster and tragedy in waiting. And Mr. Harrington has challenged the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) to publish the environmental Impact Assessment Report and its decision letter which sets out conditionality to enable all concerned citizens to appreciate the decision. In ...

The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has recorded a warn and caution statement from acting PF president Given Lubinda after questioning him. And Lubinda has complained that a warn and caution statement has been recorded from him in the absence of his lawyers. The former Justice Minister has been questioned in relation to investigations involving his company which borrowed money from ...

The ruling united party for national development has denied allegations that its party cadres attacked the socialist party campaign team and the Kabwata candidate in Lilayi’s Kamulanga area yesterday. It has been reported that UPND cadre’s yesterday afternoon allegedly attacked the socialist party Kabwata parliamentary by election candidate, Trevor Ngandwe and also injured some members of his campaign team as ...

UPND cadres yesterday afternoon allegedly attacked the Socialist Party Kabwata parliamentary by election candidate, Trevor Ng’andwe and also injured some members of his campaign team as they conducted campaigns in Liyalis Kamulanga ward. Confirming the development to Q news, Party vice president Dr. Cosmas Musumali alleges that this is the second time that UPND cadres are attacking Socialist Party campaigners ...

The new dawn UPND government has been called upon to counter the high cost of living with the low cost of doing business especially for local businesses. Opposition Golden Party of Zambia leader , Jackson Silavwe states that the main objective of countering the high cost of living with low cost of doing business is to give individuals and businesses ...

Southern province minister Cornelius Mweetwa has warned of a disaster to soon strike in Namwala and areas along the Kafue flats. The provincial minister who visited Namwala district yesterday afternoon is seriously concerned with the rapid increase of water levels in areas near and along the Kafue flats. Mr. Mweetwa is concerned over the safety of the people in Namwala ...

British high commissioner to Zambia Nicholas Woolley has advised the new dawn administration to be consultative, open and inclusive in the constitutional reform process. Mr Woolley tells q-news that the UPND was elected on a very clear platform to take forward a number of reforms which include constitutional reforms. He notes that the issue of constitutional reforms is clearly stated ...

Zambia has received a consignment of close to one million doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from the French and Spanish governments under the COVAX facility. Speaking after receiving the 907,200 vaccine doses that arrived in the country aboard the Emirates plane after 14 hours this afternoon, Health Minister Sylvia Masebo warned of a possible fifth wave of ...

Government has been urged to constitute a small technical  group comprising of experts in constitutionalism to first deal with the lacunas in the current constitution. CARITAS Zambia executive director Eugene Kabilika feel the group can later present its revised work to a larger group of stakeholders for ratification. He feels that constituting a small technical group of experts to deal ...