ZAMBIA NEWS

Government says it will mobilize 7 million United States dollars to reconstruct the Zambian chancery and build staff houses in Addis abba, Ethiopia. Minister of housing and infrastructure development Ronald Chitotela has expressed sadness that the chancery which was bought in the 1960s is completely dilapidated forcing Zambian embassy staff to abandon it and start renting another building. Mr. Chitotela ...

Political analyst Dr. Alex Ng’oma says the United Party for National Development (UPND)’s decision to file for the impeachment of President Edgar Lungu for alleged violation of the constitution has distorted the impeding dialogue. Dr. Ng’oma says the UPND should not have gone ahead with a motion to impeach President Edgar Lungu. He tells q news that the opposition MPs ...

Police in Lusaka have arrested and charged the president of Evelyn hone college students union and two officials following riots at the college.   Zambia police service public relations officer, Esther Katongo the trio has been charged for proposing violence contrary to section 91 of the penal code chapter 87 of the laws of Zambia and they were released on police ...

President Edgar lungu has authorized the medical evacuation abroad of roan Member of Parliament and former minister of information and broadcasting services, chishimba kambwili. Zambia’s high commissioner to South Africa, Emmanuel Mwamba confirmed the development. According to a statement released by first secretary press at the Zambian mission in Pretoria, Naomi Nyawali, Mr. Mwamba disclosed that arrangements have since been ...

  President Edgar Lungu says Zambia stands ready and committed to ensuring that the objectives of the (CFTA) are attained. In a speech read on his behalf by Foreign Affairs Minister Joseph Malanji, at the close of the 10th Extraordinary Heads of States and Government Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, President Lungu says Zambia will closely work with the African Union ...

A notice of motion for the impeachment of President Edgar Lungu for alleged violation of the constitution and other laws of the republic and gross misconduct has been filed with Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini. . The notice of motion is being spearheaded by UPND parliamentary Whip Garry Nkombo and seconded by PF Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba ...

Alliance for Democracy and Development President Charles Milupi says the Patriotic Front government lacks the vision to steer the country to prosperity. Mr. Milupi says the Patriotic Front’s performance over the last three years of President Edgar Lungu’s leadership has been disappointing. He says the PF has failed to tackle increasing cases of corruption and economic challenges which he has ...

United party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema has described the arrest of Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili as mere persecution. Mr. Kambwili is detained at Woodlands Police station after being charged with 39 counts which include two for obtaining pecuniary advantage and 37 for being in possession of properties suspected to be proceeds of crime. Speaking when ...

Police in Lusaka have arrested Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili and charged him with two counts of obtaining pecuniary advantage and 37 counts of being in possession of properties reasonably suspected to be proceeds of crime. Mr Kambwili has since been detained in Police custody after being denied Police bond, and is expected to appear in court tomorrow. Mr ...

President Edgar Lungu is concerned that despite the presence of some companies in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, the country continues to import pharmaceutical products. Speaking at the commissioning of Kingphar Zambia Limited, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company located in the Lusaka East Multi Facility Economic Zone, President Lungu urged potential investors to take advantage of the multi facility zones facilitated by ...