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Mali’s President Assimi Goïta is “safe and sound” after an attacker armed with a knife lunged at him at a mosque in the capital, Bamako, his office has said. An AFP journalist at the Grande Mosque in Bamako where Col Goïta had joined other worshippers for Eid ul-Adha prayers said the president was attacked by […]
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has suspended indefinitely Patriotic Front (PF) Member Chishimba Kambwili from participating in campaigns. ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Patric Nshindano says the Commission has noted with concern the breach of the electoral code of conduct by Mr. KAMBWILI’s use of hate speech and holding of campaign rallies despite the guidance […]
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president and one of the last of the generation of African leaders who fought colonialism, has died aged 97. Kaunda was admitted to a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, on Monday suffering from pneumonia. His aides said he did not have Covid-19. In the 1950s, Kaunda was a key figure […]
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu will stand as Patriotic Front candidate in the 12th August, 2021 general election after the Constitutional Court ruled that he has not held office twiceThe court says when President Lungu was first elected in 2015 after the death of Mr Michael Sata, he did not serve a term of office as it […]
PF-Media Director Antonio Mwanza has called on the UPND to stop seeking sympathy from the Zambian People by alleging that President Hakainde Hichilema was targeted to be eliminated by the Police service. Mr. Mwanza has urged the UPND to follow the directives of police in regards with their campaigns. And Mr. Mwanza has wondered why […]
WITH the prices looking to escalate further, Government has decided to act by suspending all import duties and value added tax (VAT) on imported crude edible oil, which is the main raw material in the manufacturing of local cooking oil.The intervention is expected to reduce or at least prevent a hike in prices of cooking […]
PATRIOTIC FRONT (PF) Lusaka Province Chairman Kennedy Kamba has refuted media reports that he threatened the life of Lawyer John Sangwa and will therefore not apologise because his statement was misrepresented. Chairman Kamba said Sangwa and some excited opposition leaders including the opposition, inclined clergy and some media organisation have misinterpreted the statement, deliberately so, […]
UPND President Hakainde Hichilema has filed in his Presidential nomination papers with Mutale Nalumango unveiled as his running mate for the 12th August 2021 general election
Colorado officials say the gunman who killed six people at a birthday party at the weekend was upset that he had not been invited. Police say Teodoro Macias, 28, fatally shot his girlfriend, Sandra Ibarra-Perez, 28, and five relatives before turning the gun on himself. The attack unfolded at the Canterbury Mobile Home Park in […]
ANTI-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) executive director Richwell Mulwani has urged political parties to address their internal wrangles in a bid to avoid escalation of political violence. And Mulwani has urged the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) to exercise powers vested in it by disqualifying parties involved in political violence. In an interview, Monday, Mulwani said […]
