The Civil Society Scaling up Nutrition Alliance (CSO-SUN) has commended government for increasing the number of Social Cash Transfer beneficiaries saying the move will mitigate the adverse effects on vulnerable households. CSO-SUN Program Officer for Advocacy and Communication Mwandwe Chileshe has observed that Social Cash Transfer has continued to help families in poverty reduction and social development strategy by providing ...

President Barack Obama has sought to assure America’s allies that President-elect Donald Trump will honour the country’s international alliances when he takes office in January. Mr Obama told reporters that Mr Trump had expressed an interest in maintaining the US commitment to Nato. This came hours before Mr Obama was due to arrive in the Greek capital, Athens, on his ...

The Zambian DNA Spokes Person Spuki Mulemwa says the 2017 National Budget will have some economic challenges on the citizenry due to the poor performance of the country’s economy. Mr. Mulemwa says it is for this reason the organization is calling on all stakeholders to support the President and his team on the 2017 budget. He expressed disappointment that there ...

The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) says it finds it shameful  that the 52 years after independence Zambia is still being ruled like police state. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says his party has observed with concern that the Country has allegedly been turned into a police state by default. Ms. Katuka says this is evidenced by how ...