Tourism and Arts Minister Charles Banda has warned against people settling in wildlife preserves if the country is to address the scourge of human animal conflicts. Mr. Banda has told Q news that government is committed to addressing the challenge of human animal conflicts in wildlife preserves across the country. The Minister says this however will only be achieved if ...

President Edgar Lungu has sent a team of four ministers to Lundazi District, Eastern Province to go and access the damage caused by the washed away Msuzi culvert. The Ministers who have since inspected the culvert are Housing and Infrastructure Development’s Ronald Chitotela, Presidential Affairs Minister Freedom Sikazwe, Minister in Vice President’s Office Sylvia Chalikosa and Eastern Province Minister Makebi ...

Minister of Agriculture Michael Katambo has re-assured that the nation that Zambia is food secure as it has enough maize stocks in the strategic reserves. Mr. Katambo says there is therefore no need for people to cause alarm that the country risks a hunger situation. He has disclosed that the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) is currently holding on to about ...

Opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has encouraged Zambians to be more positive as they enter the New Year. Mr. Hichilema has urged people in the Country to face 2019 with a renewed sense of hope. In his seasonal greetings statement jointly issued with his wife Mutinta, Mr. Hichilema has told Q-News that he is humbled with the ongoing spirit of ...

The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has intercepted a truck carrying smuggled goods worth K807,000 in Livingstone. ZRA commissioner for customs Sydney Chibbabbuka has disclosed in a statement to Q-News that the truck was seized during a verification operation after ZRA officers became suspicious of the declaration. Mr. Chibbabbuka says officers discovered that the consignment was falsely declared as Lactogen milk ...

The Human Rights Commission (HRC) has welcomed the acquittal, by the Lusaka Magistrate Court, of six human rights defenders who were charged with a case of holding an illegal assembly. The HRC thinks that the acquittal of Laura Miti, Sean Tembo, Fumba Chama, Bonwell Mwewa, Lewis Mwape and Mika Mwambazi  has buttressed previous court judgments. Spokesperson Mweelwa Muleya says  commission ...

The Health Professions Council of Zambia (HPCZ) has closed down 32 healthcare facilities in Lusaka for non compliance and breaching of the national healthcare standards. The 32 health care facilities are said to have been stocking and dispensing expired drugs and medical supplies. Announcing the closure during a media briefing in Lusaka HPCZ public relations officer Chinyota Msimuko said the ...

German ambassador to Zambia Achim Burkart says his Country and Zambia still maintain very close and good cooperation. Mr. Burkart says the German business delegations that visited Zambia in 2018 and the just concluded bilateral development talks, all attest to this cooperation between the two Countries. He has told Q-News in an interview that to this effect German’s financial support ...

Government says it is giving all the necessary attention to the alleged infringement upon the copyright of the Safe Motherhood Action Groups (SMAGs), a private invention it has adopted. The inventor, Beck Banda, who is a public health expert, has accused the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Vision for using SMAGs without his express permission. Ministry of ...

Manager Unai Emery says Arsenal “need” Mesut Ozil and he will be in the squad for Saturday’s Premier League match against Burnley at Emirates Stadium. Ozil, 30, has been linked with a move after being left out for “tactical” reasons in recent weeks. The former Germany international, who joined Arsenal from Real Madrid in 2013, failed to make the bench ...