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The opposition Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) has called on the ruling Patriotic Front to set the tone for peaceful and mature campaigns ahead of the August 11 elections. MMD Spokesperson Raphael Nakachinda says the ruling party has a bigger role to play in ensuring that campaigns are peaceful. Mr. Nakachinda says politics of intimidation and harassment should be discouraged ...

Zambia Army Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff Major General Topply Lubaya has hailed the American and British Governments for their continued support to the Army through training and provision of logistics during the United Nations pre deployment training. Speaking during the official opening of the United Nations pre deployment training for 730 troops earmarked for peacekeeping in the Central ...

Gender Minister Professor Nkandu Luo says the lack of resources and technologies is one of the major challenges in dealing with climate change. Speaking during a workshop for women’s organizations and gender focal points on linking gender and climate change in Lusaka today, Professor Luo says if measures are not put in place to deal with the effects of climate ...

The Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) has challenged government to tell the nation how the US$150 million the World Bank gave the country for irrigation has been utilized. FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza has told QFM News in an interview that there is an urgent need for the government to account how this money has been used considering that the ...

Cabinet has its first meeting in 2016 approved the Contraction of a Loan amounting to US$ 41.5 million from the export-Import Bank of Korea for the Establishment of a Public Safety and Information System Project. Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili in a statement to QTV News says the loan is meant to support the establishment of Public Safety and Information ...

The opposition UPND has been challenged to test its democracy and tribe inclinations by, for the first time, allow a non-Tonga be its leader. The UPND is being encouraged as a government in waiting to emulate what the ruling PF which was said to be a political parties for the Bemba speaking people has done to allow an easterner be ...

The Zambian mission in South Africa has secured apprenticeship opportunities for five Zambian newly graduate students with a South African-based company. The five who recently graduated in civil and mechanical engineering from the University of Zambia arrived in Johannesburg yesterday and were met in Pretoria and handed over to the South African company, Ubun2 Group of Companies, by Zambia’s High ...

The opposition UPND has welcomed President Edgar Lungu’s call on his government and PF leadership to stop hate speech and tribalism. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says his party however hopes that PF officials will respect it and stop misinterpreting it to launder themselves from tribalism statements. In a statement to Qfm News Mr. Katuka notes that UPND also hopes ...

President Edgar Lungu has reminded the Church in the Country of its onerous task this year to preach peace across the country. President Lungu says it is also the task of the Church to inculcate values of oneness among Zambians. He says his fervent prayer is that as the Country approaches the general elections this year all political players will ...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) says it is assessing what sort of Constitution Zambia will have after the Bill of Rights has been adopted through a referendum and enacted into law by Parliament. LAZ president George Chisanga has disclosed that his association is doing this through a team of experts which his Executive has appointed. Mr. Chisanga has however ...