Israel has evacuated members of a Syrian civil defence group – said by media to be the White Helmets – from a war zone in south-western Syria. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they had acted on a request from the US and European nations. Some 800 people were evacuated to Jordan via the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights overnight, Israeli media ...

Independent Churches of Zambia (ICOZ) Board Chairperson Bishop David Masupa has called on the three church mother bodies not to exclude other Church bodies from the pending political dialogue. Bishop Masupa says the country has credible religious leaders who can mediate the dialogue process thus the need for the three mother bodies to ensure that they embrace other church leaders ...

Economic and Equity Party (EEP) Secretary General Winfred Silumbwe says the bringing together of PF and UPND to discuss and  sign violence free commitment document is an exercises in futility as it does not in any way address the root cause of political violence. Mr. Silumbwe says her party is highly doubtful that the violence free agreement signed by the ...