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The Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) says there is need to assess presidential foreign trips. ICOZ Board Chairperson Bishop David Masupa says it is important that government assesses all Presidential trips to determine which ones are beneficial to the country in order to avoid unnecessary debate. He has encouraged President Edgar Lungu to undertake trips which require him to personally ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) has been cautioned against remaining irrelevant to political dispensation of the country. Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza says it is undemocratic for the opposition UPND to ban their Members of Parliament and Councillors from attending state functions. Mr. Mwanza has told QFM News from Chipata via telephone that ...

The European Union (EU) has described its 2016 development relations with Zambia as very fruitful. EU Ambassador to Zambia Alessandro Mariani says this is demonstrated by the financial support his union has been able to render to Zambia. Mr. Mariani notes that by the end of 2016, for example, the EU will have up to 105 million Euros of new ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba says Zambia cannot afford not to have President Edgar Lungu open up other avenues abroad for accessing funding. Mr. Kalaba says this is especially in the wake of challenges the country is now facing in accessing resources from traditional allies. In an interview with QTV Mr. Kalaba has disclosed that countries in the Middle East ...

The Anti- Corruption Commission (ACC) says it has made steady progress in investigating former Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr. Chishimba Kambwili on alleged corrupt practices. ACC Public Relations Manager Timothy Moono says the commission is almost done with the investigations and will soon issue its findings in the next few weeks. Mr. Moono says the inquiry opened into corruption ...

Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya has observed Zambia’s health system is experiencing a challenge of a dual disease burden of both non communicable and communicable diseases. Speaking at the United Nations inter agency task force prevention and control of non communicable diseases in Lusaka today, Dr. Chilufya says non communicable diseases are particularly seen to negatively affect the economic growth ...

President Edgar Lungu says climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing matters that the African Continent is facing because of its negative effects on the developmental agenda. The Head of State said this at State House this morning when he received letters of credence from the Ambassador-designate of the Kingdom of Morocco Saadiael Alaoui. President Lungu says ...

The Confederation of Trade Unions in Zambia (COTUZ) says it is vindicated when it warned that the political violence that some political parties were engaging in would backfire at some point. COTUZ President Joe Kamutumwa says the nullification of some parliamentary seats should serve as a lesson to all political parties that think violence is the solution to ascending into ...

The Ruling Patriotic Front has maintained that it has no intentions to revert this country into a one party state as alleged by some opposition political parties. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says the intention the ruling party has is to strengthen the multi party democratic dispensation because the provision of checks and balances under such a dispensation helps government ...

A Zambian delegation headed by the Ministry of Finance Secretary to the Treasury, Fredson Yamba has arrived in Berlin, Germany for a week-long Intergovernmental Negotiations on Development Cooperation between the Government of Zambia and the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. Mr. Yamba and his delegation arrived at Tegel International Airport in Berlin this morning and were met by ...