By DAVID KANDUZA – MORE than 300 miners at Mopani Copper Mines Mindolo Shaft were on Friday afternoon trapped for three hours after a transformer caught fire and exploded at 4180 metres underground. Cries of...

By Jonathan Mukuka in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu yesterday signed three African Union (AU) treaties at the ongoing 26th Summit of Heads of state and Governments. The three treaties were signed before...

By ANTHONY MULOWA in Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA – Zambia will use its position in the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council to advance the objective of ensuring armed conflicts are eradicated by 2020, President...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – OPPOSITION MMD leader Nevers Mumba says President Edgar Lungu has shown true leadership by inviting the MMD to form an alliance with the Patriotic Front (PF) ahead of August tripartite elections...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – THE Democratic Front (DF), National Restoration Party (NAREP) and the Forth Revolution (4R) party have formed an alliance ahead of this year’s August tripartite elections. The alliance dubbed ‘The Orange Alliance’...

By ANTHONY MULOWA  in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has suggested that Africa should come up with comprehensive solutions designed to transform sectors of the continent that will offer employment opportunities to unemployed...

By REBECCA MUSHOTA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has condemned the riotous behaviour of suspected United Party for National Development (UPND) members in Choma, stating that it is such incidences that make the Public Order Act...

By DELPHINE ZULU – TWENTY-ONE cadres believed to belong to the United Party for National Development (UPND) have been arrested by Police  in connection with Tuesday’s rioting in Choma. Meanwhile, a Toyota Corolla registration number...

By JAMES KUNDA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has advised staff in the civil service to remain professional and withstand all forms of political pressure as the country holds tripartite elections this year. Meanwhile, Mr Lungu...

By JAMES KUNDA – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has directed Justice Minister Ngosa Simbyakula to constitute a Referendum Commission to oversee the successful holding of the Referendum on the Bill of Rights in August this year....