ZAMBIA NEWS

The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) is urging all political parties to come out of the confrontational political mood and embrace each other. In a statement following a CCZ heads of churches and leadership meeting held in Lusaka, CCZ President Reverend Dr Alfred Kalembo says the church is concerned with the prevailing political environment that has caused tension in ...

MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba has dismissed reports circulating on social media that he has quit active politics. Dr. Mumba has since accused what he has termed as enemies of the MMD for being behind the circulation of such reports. He says the desire and wish that he retires from active politics will not come to pass. In an interview ...

Government has secured loans totaling US$41 million for the construction of the University College of Science and Mathematics in Nalolo district, University College of Applied Arts and Commerce in Katete and the University College of Science and Technology in Kabompo. Higher Education Minister Nkandu Luo has told Parliament in a ministerial statement that financing for the construction of the three ...

Government has assured the nation that it will not influence the countrywide consultations on whether Zambia should leave the International Criminal Court or not. And government has allocated K2 million for the consultations to be conducted in 30 selected Districts in all the 10 provinces. Justice Minister Given Lubinda says this is why Cabinet has not come up with a ...

The opposition Forum for Democracy and Development says the ‘Save FDD Committee’ is illegal and should be treated as an illegal faction. FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says the FDD constitution clearly stipulates the committees the party has and that the Save FDD committee is not one of them. Mr. Mwanza says all the activities and pronouncements by the committee are ...

Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has disclosed that about 1.2 million people are living with HIV in Zambia as at the end of 2016. Dr Chilufya told Parliament in a ministerial statement yesterday that Lusaka and Western Provinces have the highest HIV prevalence rates of 16.1 percent and 16 percent respectively. Dr Chitalu says Muchinga and North Western provinces had the ...

Speaker of the National Assembly Patrick Matibini was today bombarded with points of order by Members of Parliament mostly from the ruling Patriotic Front pertaining to the boycott of President Edgar Lungu’s state of the nation address by UPND Members of Parliament last Friday. Dr Matibini who acknowledged that the points of order raised were unprecedented was forced to put ...

The Ministries of Defence and Home Affairs have instituted joint investigations into the death of the Zambia Air Force (ZAF) officer who died in police cells at Woodlands Police Station after being allegedly beaten by police officers. Speaking during a joint news conference in Lusaka today, Minister of Defence Davies Chama and his Home Affairs counterpart Steven Kampyongo have assured ...

The ruling Patriotic Front has castigated the UPND for justifying the boycott of President Edgar Lungu’s address to Parliament by its Members of Parliament of President. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya has described the justification as cheap and irrational. He says the conduct exhibited by UPND Members of Parliament on Friday was an attempt to cause trouble. In an interview ...

United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has blamed the ruling Patriotic Front for moral degradation in the country. Mr. Hichilema says it is appalling to hear President Edgar Lungu saying he’s disturbed by the increase in the moral gradation in the country. He says if President Lungu meant what he said, he was going to stop PF ...