Latest Zambia news and breaking headlines covering national affairs, local developments, business, public services, and major stories.
Latest Zambia news and breaking headlines covering national affairs, local developments, business, public services, and major stories.
ZELENSKYY: UKRAINE CAPTURED TWO NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS FIGHTING FOR RUSSIA Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces have captured two North Korean soldiers who were fighting alongside Russian troops. According to Zelenskyy, the two soldiers were taken alive and later transferred to South Korea. He said capturing them was difficult because they were reportedly determined […]
EFF FACES SCRUTINY IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AS CRITICS RAISE CONCERNS OVER THE PARTY’S USE OF THE “KILL THE BOER, KILL THE FARMER” CHANT AND ITS IMPACT ON SOUTH AFRICA’S INTERNATIONAL IMAGE The EFF has come under renewed international attention in Washington, D.C., where discussions around South African farm attacks, race relations and political rhetoric have […]
A police officer from Chirundu Police Station has been sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment with hard labour after being convicted of corruption involving a K800 bribe. Francis Chisala was convicted of one count of Corrupt Practices by a Public Officer, contrary to Section 19(1) of the Anti-Corruption Act, Chapter 91 of the Laws of Zambia. […]
TIZI OUZOU, Algeria – Zambia’s 2027 Africa Cup of Nations campaign began with disappointment on Friday night as Algeria recovered from Fashion Sakala’s second-half equaliser to beat the Chipolopolo 3-1 in Tizi Ouzou. The result leaves Zambia without a point after the opening round of Group I, while Algeria move to the top of the […]
GOVERNMENT has launched the Integrated Media Reporting System (IMRS) which will strengthen media monitoring, information management, analysis and reporting across institutions under the Ministry of Information and Media. Ministry of Information and Media Permanent Secretary, Thabo Kawana, says the system developed by the ministry will enable it to move from fragmented reporting arrangements to a […]
TRAGEDY ON LAKE TANGANYIKA: AT LEAST 41 DEAD IN BOAT ACCIDENT At least 41 people have died after a passenger boat capsized on Lake Tanganyika while travelling from Kigoma in Tanzania to Kalemie in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The vessel, reportedly carrying around 100 passengers and cargo, capsized near Mapera village on the Congolese […]
Niger has just delivered perhaps one of the most defiant African speeches at the United Nations General Assembly. The message was uranium, sovereignty, France, Ukraine, the Alliance of Sahel States, and a declaration that Niger will never again surrender control of its resources. The PM Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine speaks: 1. Niger’s uranium first. Niger’s […]
Prof. PLO Lumumba: UN General Assembly has become a “jamboree” of empty speeches as global conflicts rage Kenyan lawyer, academic and Pan-Africanist Professor P.L.O. Lumumba has dismissed the United Nations General Assembly as little more than a “jamboree where heads of states have few minutes of fame. Speaking in a video interview with Thee Alfa […]
CHIRUNDU POLICE OFFICER JAILED FOR CORRUPTION The Siavonga Subordinate Court has convicted and sentenced Francis Chisala, a police officer at Chirundu Police Station, to 12 months’ imprisonment with hard labour for corruption involving Eight Hundred Kwacha (K800.00). Lusaka High Court Judge, Hon. Ireen Wishimanga, presiding over the Siavonga Subordinate Court of the First Class convicted […]
CZECH PRESIDENT: NATO MAY HAVE TO SHOOT DOWN RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT NATO may eventually have to shoot down Russian aircraft or drones that deliberately enter allied airspace and refuse to respond to warnings, Czech President Petr Pavel said on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. “There may come a time when we […]
