National Democratic Congress vice president Joseph Akafumba says the expulsion of NDC consultant Chishimba Kambwili announced by party Secretary General Mwenya Musenge is null and void. Addressing a media briefing, Mr Akafumba says there has never been a central committee meeting held to expel Mr Kambwili or terminate his services as party consultant. He says the expulsion of any party ...

The High Court has thrown out an application for an interim injunction by World Vision to restrain public health expert Beck Banda from publishing or saying anything against the organization. This is in a matter in which World Vision has sued Dr. Banda for defamation after he accused the organization of infringing the copyright of Safe Motherhood Action Groups (SMAGs), ...

President Edgar Lungu has expressed displeasure at how the fight against corruption is being politicized in Zambia. President Lungu is worried that the opposition political Leaders have continued to use corruption as a vehicle to gain political mileage. Speaking when South African Traditional Prime Minister to the Zulu Monarch Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi paid a courtesy on him at State house, ...

The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) has given MultiChoice Zambia the go ahead to air the Lusaka Hustle Show on Zambezi Magic which had been suspended. In a statement made available to Q-News, MultiChoice Zambia Head of Corporate Affairs Mwiika Malindima says the lifting of the suspension is with immediate effect. Mr Malindima says the IBA Board has confirmed that upcoming ...

The Bank of Zambia has for a fifth time maintained the Monetary Policy rate at 9.75 percent. Presenting the policy brief in Lusaka, Bank of Zambia Governor Denny Kalyalya has cited the continued subdued economic activity which heightened in the last quarter of 2018 as well as slow progress towards fiscal consolidation as reflected in the rising domestic arrears and ...

Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya has directed the Health Professional Council of Zambia to immediately suspend the licensure examinations and issue temporal practicing licenses to the 200 doctors that have graduated. Dr. Chilufya has told Journalists in Lusaka that government has revised the policy that introduced licensure examinations for health professionals. He says his Ministry will recruit in excess of ...

Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya has disclosed that about five cases of Cholera have been recorded in the last one month. Dr. Chilufya says laboratory tests confirmed four cases of cholera and have since been treated successfully and discharged. Speaking in Lusaka at a stakeholders workshop for the finalization of the Multisectoral Cholera Elimination Plan, Dr. Chilufya says the cases ...

The Opposition Alliance says it will report President Edgar Lungu and seven others to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in its quest for justice over the escalated political violence in Zambia. Opposition Alliance Chairperson Charles Milupi says the alliance believes that President Lungu and his 7 accomplices are the ones orchestrating and funding the wave of political violence across the ...

Lorries have begun evacuating civilians from the last village in Syria still held by the Islamic State (IS) group. Journalists on the front line saw at least 15 vehicles carrying men, women and children leaving Baghuz. The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance, which is besieging the area, said it did not yet know if any IS fighters were among ...

Zambia National Students Union President Misheck Kakonde says his union is seeking an audience with President Edgar Lungu over the abolition of the meal allowance in public universities. Mr Kakonde says there was therefore no truth in the claims by the Police that the students planned to stage a protest march to Parliament over the meal allowance. He has told ...