ZAMBIA NEWS

The Green Party has urged the PF government to  promptly develop a plan ‘b’ strategy to confront the reality of US president Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ plans. Green Party President Peter Sinkamba says failure to do this may cause Zambia to suffer grave consequences. He says the United States assistance, estimated at US$ 250 million per year, focuses on improving ...

President Edgar Lungu has been commended for advocating for a leadership in Zambia which must never instill fear among citizens. The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is pleased that in his speech to Parliament last Friday President Lungu campaigned for a leadership that inspires for free debate and consensus building. YALI governance advisor Isaac Mwanza says his organization took note ...

The Finish ambassador to Zambia Timo Olkkonen has welcomed President Edgar Lungu’s directive that the Land Act and Policy be reviewed. Mr. Olkkonen says he finds the idea by President Lungu, as indicated in his Friday speech to Parliament, to preserve land for future generations to be interesting. In an interview with QTV News Mr. Olkkonen says he is however ...

Opposition UPND MPs have been challenged to tell the nation what they hope to achieve by their continued protests against the legitimacy of President Edgar Lungu. The opposition United Liberal Party (ULP) is confused and thinks that the UPND MPs are staging their protests out of confusion of what exactly they want to achieve. ULP president Sakwiba Sikota says he ...

United, Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda has advised president Edgar Lungu to stop mocking those who lost in last year’s elections. Mr Chanda says president Lungu should instead extend a hand of reconciliation to those who still aggrieved over the elections. He says it is wrong for the president at this point to claim that some people ...

President Edgar Lungu says the ever increasing cases of examination malpractices; defilement and gender based violence are indicative of the erosion of good morals and ethics in the Zambian society. In his state of the nation address to the National Assembly today, President Lungu says if the country remains on this path, the moral fabric will be eroded and this ...

President Edgar Lungu has bemoaned the lack of patriotism by Zambians. In his wide ranging state of the nation address to the National Assembly this morning, President Lungu noted that the sense of patriotism among Zambians today is varying with some having a high sense of patriotism with others lacking patriotism, as evidence by some people’s preference for foreign goods ...

The Non Governmental Organisations’ Coordinating Council (NGOCC) has urged President Edgar Lungu to condemn the criminal behavior of his political advisor Kaizer Zulu. NGOCC Board Chairperson Sara Longwe recalls that it is only last week when the President spoke out against Gender Based Violence (GBV) during the International Women’s Day march-past and therefore the behavior of Mr Zulu who is ...

The Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) has observed the need for the Zambian economy to be resilient to internal and external shocks. Speaking during a Media Luncheon in Lusaka this afternoon, ZIPAR Executive Director Dr. Pamela Kabaso says Zambia’s economy has in the last two years suffered many shocks that have consequently affected the Gross Domestic Product ...

The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) is currently on average handling up to 7000 histopathology cases of cancer per year. UTH pathologist Peter Julius has disclosed that these cases include pathological diagnosis of cancer and infection diagnosis. Dr. Julius says of these cases some are malignant cancers while others are benign tumor and that some of them are infectious diseases such ...