VETERAN politician Vernon Mwaanga has advised election observers against rushing to certify the August polls as free and fair before they put all the facts together. And Mwaanga has urged civil servants to analyse the debt swap initiative, stating that it can end up being a debt trap. Speaking when he featured on HOT FM's...

UPND supporters and Hakainde Hichilema were yesterday teargassed by the police in Malambo Constituency in Eastern Province where they had gone for their 'nationwide mask distribution programme'. Later, Hichilema flew to Chipata Airport when he was locked in the runway for close to two hours. Meanwhile, Eastern Province Police Commissioner Geza Lungu said the alliance...

MINISTRY of Health Permanent Secretary Dr Kennedy Malama has noted that daily new COVID-19 cases and deaths have dropped significantly. And Dr Malama says the country has in the last 24 hours recorded 708 COVID-19 cases and 17 deaths. Meanwhile, the government of Brazil says it has officially completed its initiative to provide humanitarian aid...

TRANSPARENCY International Zambia (TI-Z) says the statement by PF secretary general Davies Mwila that election observers are not needed in the country, is unreasonable and devoid of logic. In an interview, TIZ executive director Maurice Nyambe said international and local observers were part of the key stakeholders in the electoral process. "TIZ notes with great...

PF presidential running mate Prof Nkandu Luo says she sometimes wonders if people need an extra pair of glasses to see the works done by her government over the last 10 years. And Prof Luo says there is need to have leaders who belong to the ruling party because they lobby for development. Meanwhile, Chief...

THE Zambia Police Service has recorded 4,324 cases of Gender-Based Violence in the second quarter of 2021 from the 4,409 cases reported during the same period last year. Giving GBV statistics for the second quarter of this year in a statement, Wednesday, Police Spokesperson Esther Katongo said 30 GBV murder cases were recorded in the...

THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has with immediate effect suspended political campaigns for the UPND in Ikelenge district, North-Western Province. And the commission has also suspended Sioma Independent parliamentary candidate Amukena Mundia from campaigning in Sioma District. Meanwhile, the first batch of ballot papers arrived in the country yesterday. In a statement, Wednesday, ECZ...

PATRIOTIC Front secretary general Davies Mwila has accused Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) secretary general Fr Emmanuel Chikoya of being a UPND cadre for organising national prayers. And Mwila says the PF need to ensure that they beat the number of votes they got in 2016. Speaking when he met party officials in Kanyama,...

VETERAN Politician Sikota Wina says the current presidential candidates do not seem to create an impression of qualifying to be elected to the highest office. And Wina says it is important for all political players to welcome the election results in order to maintain peace. In an interview, Wina said political parties must be aware...

The European Union Naval Force Mediterranean Operation IRINI has intercepted a second Zambian registered vessel for being suspected of ferrying illegal arms, which is in violation of the Arms Embargo on Libya. News Diggers reported last week that the EU Naval Force had intercepted a ship with the name MV Gauja, carrying suspected illegal arms...