The opposition Patriots for Economic Party has strongly condemned the recent attacks on journalists from prime TV crew that went to cover the patriotic front press conference by Secretary General Davies Mwila. Party Leader Sean Tembo says it is unfortunate that the PF Secretary General chased away Prime TV journalists from covering the event in the public’s interest. Mr. Tembo ...

Champions Bayern Munich had to work hard for more than an hour before beating VfB Stuttgart 4-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday for their seventh straight league win to stay six points behind leaders Borussia Dortmund. The Bavarians, who face Liverpool in the Champions League last 16 next month, took the lead with their first shot on goal, Thiago Alcantara ...

Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema is the type of player who can excite any football fan, coach Santiago Solari said after the often-maligned Frenchman scored twice and inspired his side to a 4-2 win at Espanyol in La Liga on Sunday. Benzema, who has been playing through the pain of a fractured finger sustained two weeks ago, got the third-placed ...

The girlfriend of the late US rapper XXXTentacion, Jenesis Sanchez, has given birth to a boy – seven months after the artist’s death. “We’re happy to confirm that Baby and Mother are healthy,” a joint statement from Sanchez and the rapper’s mother, Cleopatra Bernard, said on Saturday. They said they were “thrilled” at the arrival of Gekyume Onfroy. The pregnancy ...

The Secondary Schools Teachers Union of Zambia (SESTUZ)has called on stakeholders in the education sector to sit down and analyze the grade 12 2018 examinations. Union General Secretary Sitibekiso Wamuyuwa has expressed disappointment with the drop pass rate of pupils who sat for the 2018 grade 12 examinations. Mr. Wamuyuwa has observed that although there is an increase in the ...

Music is deeply rooted in the Blom family tree. Pip, 22, and her brother Tender (as in the Blur track) last week heard the lead single from their band’s debut album played on both BBC Radio 1 and 6 Music. Their mum, Leonieke Daalder, acts as their auxiliary tour manager, booking hotels, while dad Erwin is on social media duties. ...

The Trump administration has lifted sanctions on three firms linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, an ally of President Vladimir Putin. Curbs on aluminium giant US Rusal, En+ Group and JSC EuroSibEnergo were lifted after Mr Deripaska ceded control. The oligarch has been linked to the probe into alleged Russian interference in US elections, and Democrats wanted the sanctions to ...

The National Construction Council has welcomed government’s decision to legalize the 20 percent sub-contracting policy. The 20 percent sub-contracting policy requires that a minimum of 20 percent of all government funded contracts such as road contracts awarded by the road development agency, local road authorities and other government institutions be executed by Zambian owned companies in line with the share ...

Opposition United Party for National Development Nkeyema Member of Parliament Kapelwa Mbangweta has described the 2018-2019 distribution of farming inputs to farmers by government has disastrous. Mr. Mbangweta is worried that up to now farmers in his constituency have not accessed the farming  inputs. He feels government has not made deliveries of the farming inputs to the   agro-dealers in the ...

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has said there are efforts to destabilise his country through an attempt to replicate the so-called Arab Spring. He was speaking in Egypt’s capital Cairo after meeting his counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. It is his second foreign trip since protests began in December. The protests started over cuts to bread and fuel subsidies but have since ...