The Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) has called on the ruling Patriotic Front to quickly agree on one presidential candidate ahead of the 20th January presidential election. The ruling party has emerged with two Presidents from parallel general conferences held on Sunday and Monday which resulted in the election of Edgar Lungu and Miles Sampa respectively. AVAP Executive Director Richwell Mulwani ...

Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister Christopher Yaluma has acknowledged that the 25 ngwee reduction in the price of fuel is insignificant especially that there has been no reduction in the price of fuel for a long time. Mr Yaluma says he will sit down with the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) to understand what arithmetic they used to arrive at ...

Iran has conducted air strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in eastern Iraq during recent days, a Pentagon spokesman says. Rear Adm John Kirby said the US, which has conducted its own air strikes in Iraq, was not co-ordinating with Iran. A senior Iranian military official also dismissed talk of co-operation between the two countries. A US-led coalition has launched ...