[Namibian] THE seven Namibians who were shot dead in the Zambian capital at the beginning of this month were buried on Tuesday morning.
Posts published in December 2019
[SALC] Three prominent human rights defenders are spending their 3rd day in police custody with no release in sight. The three activists have been at the forefront of calls for transparency and accountability in the spending of State resources. Their a...
[Citizen] Lusaka -The United States has recalled its Zambia envoy after the country's president demanded his removal for criticising the jailing of two gay men, a US embassy source said on Monday.
[VOA] The State Department has withdrawn the U.S. ambassador to Zambia after he strongly criticized the south African country for jailing a gay couple for having sex.
[VOA] The State Department has withdrawn the U.S. ambassador to Zambia after he strongly criticized the south African country for jailing a gay couple for having sex.
[Citizen] A Zambian presidential motorcade hit and killed one person in North West of the country where President Edgar Lungu was touring, state radio reported.
[Daily News] THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) has approved new approach to fight child labour in tobacco growing countries and promote decent agricultural activities especially in Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
[Daily News] NELSON Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) has partnered with Gongali Model and Zambian based company- Sport Agro to introduce the 'Nanofilter' water purification system to the neighbouring country of Zambia to he...
[East African] A Zambian presidential motorcade hit and killed one person in north west of the country where President Edgar Lungu was touring, state radio reported.
[East African] Zambian President Edgar Lungu has fired his special assistant for political affairs following pressure from the public.
[Times of Zambia] THREE men, believed to be Malawian, have allegedly defiled and murdered a thirteen-year-old girl of Kasenengwa district in Eastern Province.
[Times of Zambia] VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina has told Parliament that more than 24,000 kg of gold has been produced by four mining companies in Zambia from 2017 to February 2019.
[Times of Zambia] EXPERTS in the cannabis industry say it has huge profit potential even though it is in its early stages.
[UNEP] "This year, we've seen the worst drought ever," says Julliette Machona. "Usually the rivers run dry here in this southern part of Zambia by July, but this year, they were empty already in May. The little water we have left is just enough for us,...
[Times of Zambia] THE Kitwe Magistrate Court has found a 30-year-old Kitwe woman who allegedly stole a baby after impersonating a nurse with a case to answer and put her on her defence.
[Times of Zambia] DUE to the backlog of cases at the Judiciary and the low lawyer-to-case-ratio at Ministry of Justice's Civil Litigation Department which stands at one lawyer per 104 cases, this year, only 13 civil cases have been disposed of out of 2...
[Times of Zambia] THE FEMALE teacher of Ndola arrested for dousing her boyfriend in petrol and setting him ablaze has been charged with attempted murder by police in Solwezi.
[Times of Zambia] A COURT magistrate in Lusaka yesterday sent a 17-year-old Grade 11 pupil of Lusaka and another man to spend a night each at a correctional facility as punishment for shoplifting.
[East African] Zambia targets $30 billion in annual earnings from exporting cannabis. These earnings would supplement foreign exchange from copper which has plummeted leaving the country in a debt hole.
[UNFPA] Kigali -A UNFPA-supported nursing programme scholarship that Danny Chikonde received when he was just 22 years old has helped change not only his life, but also that of his siblings. At the time he was working as an untrained teacher in his hom...