ZAMBIA NEWS

The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has observed that the squabbles that have rocked the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) are as a result of the void that has been created by President Michael Sata’s silence and absence from public domain. FODEP Executive Director MacDonald Chipenzi has told QFM News in an interview that there is need for President Sata to ...

The Zambian Government has expressed worry at the reported 24 cases of the Ebola virus that have been so far recorded in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Health Deputy Minister Chitalu Chilufya says government’s worry is in view of the fact that Zambia shares the same boarders DRC. Speaking when he received a donation of Ebola preparedness supplies from ...

Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili has echoed Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda’s assertion that some PF top officials are scheming to hijack the presidency before 2016. Mr. Kambwili has told QFM News in an interview that it is a well known fact that some known PF senior officials in connivance with a named Newspaper want to take over the presidency before the ...

Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema has observed that the rejection by Parliament of the motion urging Government to put in place a roadmap for the enactment of a new constitution is a confirmation that PF will not deliver the constitution. Parliament on Tuesday rejected by 69 to 42, a motion moved by Mazabuka Central MP ...

Search teams are scouring waters off both sides of the Malaysian peninsula, amid confusion over a missing Malaysia Airlines plane’s last known location. Malaysia’s air force chief has denied reports that the plane was tracked to the Malacca Strait in the west. Vietnam has dispatched a plane to investigate an eyewitness report of a possible object burning in the sky ...

The management company and West’s label announced this week that Roc Nation will work alongside West’s production house, DONDA, on managing the Grammy-winning superstar’s music endeavors. Izvor Zivkovic will continue to manage West as well. Roc Nation manages Rihanna, Shakira, Timbaland and other acts. West burst on the music scene as a producer on Jay Z’s albums, and the two ...

Government has congratulated Nkana and Zesco football clubs on their victories in their respective continental tournaments which saw them both progress to the next round. Nkana progressed to the pre-group stage of the CAF Champions league after beating their Ugandan opponents away, while ZESCO progressed to the second round of the Confederation cup after overcoming Mozambican opposition. Chief Government Spokesperson ...

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia (EFZ) says it is wrong for the Patriotic Front (PF) to use the Zambia Police to detain about 46 youths from ActionAid who took part in the Youth Day March past for simply wearing T-shirts demanding for a new constitution. EFZ Executive Director, Reverend Pukuta Mwanza, has told QFM News in a telephone interview that ...

Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) — The top police commander on the scene the night Oscar Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp will testify against the Olympic athlete at his murder trial Friday. Former police colonel G.S. van Rensburg first took the stand Thursday, and said paramedics were already there when he arrived at Pistorius’ address about 3:55 a.m., but Steenkamp was dead. As he testified, the prosecution ...