Former MMD Spokesperson Raphael Nakachinda says final list of delegates to the MMD national convention to be held from 20th to 22nd May, 2016 will be released tomorrow. Mr. Nakachinda has told QFM News in an interview that the Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has agreed to oversee the voting process at the convention to be held at Mulungushi Rock ...

The ruling Patriotic Front says it will go into the general election a more united political party than it was during the January 2015 presidential by-election. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya has told journalists in Lusaka that this is because the people who were creating confusion in the ruling party have left the party and sanity has been restored in ...

Adele just dropped THIS teaser of her new single on Twitter and her fans have gone wild. The Hello singer sent her followers into overdrive after sharing a sneak peek of the new video for her latest track Send My Love (To Your New Lover). The clip shows Adele wearing a floor-length floral gown standing against a black backdrop. The new track can ...

Paris Saint-Germain’s Italy international midfielder Marco Verratti has undergone surgery on a persistent groin injury, his club confirmed on Monday. “As previously announced by the Club, Marco Verratti underwent surgery on Monday 16 May, at the Aspetar Hospital in Doha,” read a statement released by the French champions, who added “the operation was a success.” Verratti has been troubled by ...

India is set to divert water from its rivers to deal with a severe drought, a senior minister has told the BBC. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said transferring water, including from major rivers like the Brahmaputra and the Ganges, to drought-prone areas is now her government’s top priority. At least 330 million people are affected by drought in India. ...

Angelina Jolie Pitt, the UN refugee agency’s special envoy, has warned that the international humanitarian system for refugees is breaking down. Ms Jolie Pitt has been speaking as part of the BBC’s World on the Move day of coverage of global migration issues. She warned against a “fear of migration” and a “race to the bottom” as countries competed to ...

President Edgar Lungu has dispelled assertions and fears that the Patriotic Front plans to rig the August 11th general election. Speaking to journalists at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport shortly before departure for Saudi Arabia, President Lungu says those stakeholders accusing the ECZ of conniving with the PF to rig elections are being unfair to the commission. President Lungu says the ...

THE official elections campaign period has commenced today, May 16th ahead of the August 11th elections. This follows the dissolution of Parliament last week. Political parties now have until 10th August,2016 to campaign before the elections are held the following. The commencement of official campaigns will be followed by the filing of nominations by presidential candidates from 30th May 3rd ...

Ousted Australian PM Tony Abbott has used Ukraine’s Eurovision victory to take an apparent swipe at Russia. Russia was favoured to win Eurovision, but Ukraine’s Jamala snatched a last-minute victory. Australia came second. Mr Abbott said Australia should be prepared to accept the defeat, as Ukraine was the victim of a “bully”. In 2014, Mr Abbott famously declared that he ...

Save the Children is calling for greater international commitment to ensure child refugees remain in school. The charity’s new report, A New Deal for Refugees, says no child should be out of school for more than a month. It comes as countries struggle to respond to a huge displacement of people fleeing conflict and hardship. Another call for a greater ...