The Ministry of Health has targeted to vaccinate about 4.7 million children under the age of five against polio in four phases of the mass vaccination campaign that has kicked off today. Minister of Health Sylvia Masebo made the announcement in a speech read on her behalf by Lusaka province Minister Sheal Mulyata during the launch of the mass polio ...

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba says burglars stole his World Cup winner’s medal when they broke into his home. The France international, 29, spoke of his “family’s worst nightmare” last week when his home was burgled during his side’s Champions League game against Atletico Madrid. His two young children and their nanny were in the house at the time. “The main thing ...

World number one Ashleigh Barty has shocked the sporting world by announcing she will retire from professional tennis at just 25. The Australian made the announcement on social media on Wednesday, saying she was leaving to “chase other dreams”. “I’m so happy and I’m so ready. And I just know at the moment in my heart, for me as a ...

Ed Sheeran faces a wait of “days and weeks” to learn the outcome of a High Court trial over his hit Shape of You. The star has been accused of copying part of the song from another artist. In closing arguments, grime artist Sami Chokri’s barrister said there was an “indisputable similarity between the works”. But Mr Sheeran’s lawyer said ...

Former actress Amanda Bynes has been released from her nine-year conservatorship by a judge in California. The one-time child star was placed under the legal guardianship – similar to that of Britney Spears – in 2013, while undergoing psychiatric care. Bynes, now 35, was known for The Amanda Show and films like What a Girl Wants, She’s the Man and Easy A, ...

The Ukrainian army has claimed in its morning update that Russia has resorted to getting former soldiers to join its war effort and make up for heavy losses. Military officials have been actively recruiting former servicemen particularly “those who already have combat experience”, the Ukrainian military said in an operational update posted on Facebook. It also claimed that Russian forces “in ...

A Russian official has laid out their plans to connect the Crimea peninsula to the south-eastern Russian-occupied Donbas region “once the military takes control” of the key port city of Mariupol. Kirill Stepanov is an adviser of Russia’s Southern Federal District which includes Crimea – the Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia in 2014. He told Russian news outlet RIA Novosti ...

Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has revealed that over 400,000 people are looking for jobs in the country every year. Mr. Musokotwane has told Journalists in Lusaka that there is a shortage of jobs especially for the young people in the country. He says it is worrying that young people who are completing their tertiary education are struggling to find jobs. ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has voiced out over the continued shortage of drugs in public health facilities in the country. WHO Country Director, Nathan Bakyaita says Zambia will have challenges in achieving Universal Health Coverage as well as meeting the Sustainable Development Goals which aim to create a world by 2030 where everyone has access to affordable essential Medicines. ...

Veteran Politician Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika says there is need to examine all amendments made to the Republican Constitution. Mr. Lewanika says there is also need to make an objective judgment on whether the changes to the constitution were partisan in nature or against other people and whether those changes have contributed to the freedoms of everyone. He says partisan amendments ...