By NAKUBIANA MUMBUNA – VICE-PRESIDENT Inonge Wina says cultural exchange programmes have played an important role in strengthening the Chinese and Zambian relations. Ms Wina acknowledged the role the Chinese culture festivals play in building...

By CHARITY MOONGA in Harare – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu yesterday held talks with his Zimbabwean counterpart President Robert Mugabe on the importance of regional integration in ensuring development, among other issues. Speaking to journalists after...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – POLICE in Chililabombwe are holding a woman and her husband in connection with the death of their one-year-old baby believed to have died from a fall while the couple fought over...

By DELPHINE ZULU – PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu has made four new appointments to the foreign service and challenged the appointees to justify their postings by delivering efficiently. Mr Lungu appointed four designate ambassadors to France,...

By NORMA SIAME – POLICE in Mbala have arrested a couple for collecting dowry and marrying off their school-going underage daughter to an older man. Northern provincial education officer Nero Mwanapabu said the young girl...

By DELPHINE ZULU – THE Supreme Court has dismissed an election petition by Patriotic Front (PF) losing Chipangali Constituency candidate Lucas Phiri for lack of merit. Supreme Court Judge Mervin Mwanamwambwa in his judgment yesterday...

By JAMES KUNDA – TWO men in Mwansabombwe District have been hospitalised after consuming poisonous roots believed to be sex boosters. Meanwhile, a seven-day-old infant has escaped death after being dumped in a pit latrine....

By DELPHINE ZULU – VICE President Inonge Wina has said the gender inequality gap is still wider in the African region due to non-inclusiveness of women in key positions at all levels. She said despite...

By MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – THE Government has maintained its stance on the new mining taxation regime because it was formulated to deal with fraud in the old system. Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda said the new...

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has set April 14, 2015 as the date for the Chawama Parliamentary by-election. The seat fell vacant after area Member of Parliament (MP) Edgar Lungu...