Former football star George Weah has been elected as Liberia’s president. With nearly all ballots from Tuesday’s run-off vote counted, Mr Weah is well ahead of opponent Joseph Boakai with more than 60% of the vote. As news of Mr Weah’s victory emerged, his supporters began celebrating in the capital Monrovia. He will succeed Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first elected ...

A massive late night fire that broke out at a Mumbai complex has killed at least 15 people, officials said. The blaze erupted just after midnight at a building in the popular Kamala Mills restaurant and shopping compound. It engulfed the structure within 30 minutes, local media reported. More people have been injured in the blaze with several being treated ...

At least 12 people have been killed and four others critically injured in a fire at an apartment building in the Bronx borough of New York. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said the fire was the deadliest in the city for at least 25 years. The victims include a one-year-old child, he added. The cause of the fire, ...

The Central Statistical Office (CSO) has refuted social media reports suggesting that it has issued employment opportunity adverts for the livestock census. CSO Director John Kalumbi told journalists that the central statistics office has not issued any job search advert for the livestock census. Mr. Kalumbi has however clarified that the CSO through the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries is ...

The Civil Society Constitutional Agenda (CISCA) says the PF Government has performed poorly with regards constitutional reforms in the ending year 2017. The agenda has also observed that 2017 has been a peaceful year as compared to last year. CISCA Chairperson Bishop John Mambo tells QTV News that despite the government being aware of the fact the republican constitution is ...

Support for Vulnerable Community and Active Leadership (SUVUCAL) has donated bags of mealie meal and other assorted items worthy nine thousand three hundred kwacha to Namuseche Chipata Central Correction Service in Eastern Province. The donation was presented to Namuseche Chipata Central Correction Service by SUVUCAL officials. SUVUCAL Founder Eugene Machona says his organisation is keen to do charity work in ...

The Zambian Government, through the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, has commenced implementation of the European Union (EU) funded Southern African Development Community (SADC) Trade Related Facility (TRF) Project for Zambia. This development comes after the successful signing of a grant agreement amounting to €1, 400, 000 with SADC Secretariat and finalization of an operational framework for the Project. ...

Suspected UPND cadres this morning attacked Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Governance Advisor Isaac Mwanza shortly after coming out from a live programme on Radio Phoenix in Lusaka. About three UPND cadres were waiting for Mr. Mwanza outside the studios and one cadre held him in his shirt and asked him to warn YALI President Andrew Nthewewe that they are ...

The European Union delegation in Zambia (EU) and Medical Stores Limited (MSL) have signed a grant agreement worth 4.8 million Euros to support the establishment of a central warehouse for processing medicines that meet international quality standards. Speaking during the signature ceremony, EU Ambassador to Zambia Alessandro Mariani says the grant will significantly enhance MSL capacity and efficiency to store ...

Government through Health Minister Dr Chitalu Chilufya has invoked the Public Health Act through signing the Statutory Instrument Number 79 in a bid to contain the Cholera outbreak. The invocation of the Public Health Act means that there will be no trading of foods in Public places especially in areas which are heavily affected. The Public Health Act provides for ...