Zambia’s economic growth is seen rising to 4 percent in 2017 and 4.2 percent in 2018, the World Bank has said, predicting a jump in copper prices and improved power supply. Reuters reports that the World Bank’s senior financial management specialist Srinivas Gurazada has said at a meeting with mining firms that Zambia is on a slow economic recovery path. ...

Zlatan Ibrahimovic came off the bench to score the winner as holders Manchester United had to work hard to beat Championship strugglers Blackburn in the FA Cup fifth round. Striker Ibrahimovic was allowed too much time in the box to latch on to fellow substitute Paul Pogba’s pass and tuck in from close range to set up a quarter-final tie ...

Angelina Jolie has spoken about how Cambodia was her “awakening”, as she premiered her new film in the country. The actress was speaking exclusively to the BBC before the screening of First They Killed My Father, a true-life account of the Khmer Rouge genocide through the eyes of a child. She said she hoped the film, which she directed, would ...

Malaysia has recalled its envoy to Pyongyang in an escalating row over the killing of Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. Kim Jong-nam died in mysterious circumstances last week at a Kuala Lumpur airport – police believe he was poisoned while waiting for a flight. Malaysian police say they are now looking for four North Koreans. ...

The opposition National Restoration Party (NAREP)is disappointed with President Edgar Lungu’s recent suggestion to traditional leaders that they mind their own business. President Lungu is reported to have made the comment following an appeal by some chiefs that he dismisses PF Secretary General Davies Mwila. NAREP Presidential spokesperson Bwalya Nondo says much as he is saying he has no reason ...

Government says it has now realized that the healthier the Zambian citizens are the more productive as a nation they will remain. Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya states that government through his Ministry will therefore prioritize health in the Country. Dr. Chilufya notes that this explains why the wider context of government’s fiscal consolidation aims at among other measures ensuring expenditure ...

Academician Lawrence Mwelwa is concerned that some educated politicians in Zambia have continued to deliberately say and do wrong things for the sake of gaining political mileage. Dr. Mwelwa who is Chreso University Vice Chancellor says it is also common to see political leaders get upset when people remind them of what they promised during campaigns . He is suggesting ...