Dear God, Citizens of many nations across the world are devastated by wars, famine and various natural disasters. They seek your face everyday praying for your intervention, praying for survival. Some have lost their land and possessions while others have lost all their beloved ones. Their nations have been fighting war and terror for centuries...

A 26-year-old Lusaka woman has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a five months old baby identified as Anold Mukombola. Monica Mutale of John Laing compound has pleaded not guilty to a charge of child stealing. When the matter came up before Lusaka magistrate Felix Kaoma, Mutale said she understood the charge...

Rainbow Party general secretary Wynter Kabimba says the National Day of Prayer has done nothing but divide the country from the time it was pronounced. In an interview, Kabimba said the National Day of Prayer, which falls on October 18, had poralised the country. “We have never participated in the National Day of Prayer since...

Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty has asked President Edgar Lungu to stop using the criminal justice system to selectively target his critics and independent voices. And Shetty has observed that freedoms of expression, assembly and association have been deteriorating in Zambia in the past two years. But President Lungu's press aide Amos Chanda says...

A 29-year-old woman of Lusaka's Kanyama compound has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for setting ablaze her 12-year-old daughter over a K7. Prudence Phiri allegedly poured a five litre container of kerosene on her daughter and set her ablaze for allegedly stealing a K7. When the matter came up yesterday, chief resident magistrate Kenneth...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says PF leaders must promise to stop stealing from Zambians before inviting people for prayers. Addressing journalists at his New Kasama residence in Lusaka yesterday, HH said the UPND could not pray with members of the Patriotic Front because they were thieves who were stealing from poor Zambians. “I challenge Mr...

Former Republican vice-president Nevers Mumba says the National Day of Prayer is more of a curse than a blessing in its current form. And Mumba has wondered how Zambians can be expected to pray with the PF when President Edgar Lungu was worsening debt levels by being the most travelled Head of State in the...

In this audio, President Edgar Lungu asks Zambians to forgive him if he made a mistake to declare October 18 a National Day of Prayer because he did not know what he was doing. Speaking when he arrived at Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport in Ndola yesterday, President Lungu said people should take advantage of...