Latest Zambia stories from the newsroom and community.
Latest Zambia stories from the newsroom and community.
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 […]
Divorced Woman Loses Bid For Mine Acquired 14 Years Before Marriage Woman Failed to Show Contribution By Fanuel Viriru A Zimbabwean woman based in Australia who demanded a 50% share of her husband’s Lalapanzi chrome mine – which he acquired in 2004 while married to his now-deceased first wife, 14 years before he married her […]
FAMILIES REPORTEDLY EATING DOGS AS OCCUPIED OLESHKY STARVES We first covered the humanitarian catastrophe inside Russian-occupied Oleshky approximately one week ago. Since then, the situation has continued to deteriorate every day—and the latest reports are almost unimaginable. Families trapped inside the occupied city have reportedly begun eating dogs as Oleshky descends into starvation, according to […]
KYIV DENIES REPORT TRUMP URGED ZELENSKYY TO MEET PUTIN IN MOSCOW Ukraine’s Presidential Office has denied a Bloomberg report claiming that President Donald Trump urged President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to travel to Moscow for a meeting with Vladimir Putin. Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the private discussion, reported that Trump raised the proposal during his September […]
ILSKY OIL REFINERY APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN HIT AGAIN Emerging reports indicate that Ukrainian drones may have reached the Ilsky Oil Refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai tonight as Ukrainian long-range drones continued penetrating Russian air defenses across several regions. The extent of any damage has not yet been confirmed. Until clearer footage, satellite imagery or […]
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has sworn-in Patricia Malaila as Deputy Auditor General Audits, in the office of the Auditor General. Speaking during the swearing-in-ceremony at State House, President Hichilema highlighted the significance of the utilisation of public resources and the timely delivery of audits. “Accountability is crucial, all of us in public office must understand that […]
