From XAVIER MANCHISHI In ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – PRESIDENT Michael Sata has urged African leaders not to be divided by outside forces when undertaking multilateral trade negotiations. Speaking when he made an intervention during the...

By VINCENT MATANDIKO  and REBECCA MUSHOTA – A  ZAMBIAN truck driver has been shot dead by a Congolese police officer who was demanding over US$10 from him. Briefing Chililabombwe District Commissioner, Stuart Chitumbo and Mayor...

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – PRESIDENT Michael Sata says the Government spent K480 million on the construction of about 780 kilometres of roads in Southern Province as of December 2013. Mr Sata said on his Facebook...

By PERPETUAL  SICHIKWENKWE – LUSAKA magistrate Rodgers Kaoma has warned musician, Clifford Dimba, commonly known as ‘General’ Kanene, to appear in court next Tuesday without fail to hear the judgment in his defilement case. Dimba’s...

By CHUSA SICHONE – THE seven aspiring candidates in the forthcoming by-election in Katuba Constituency are bubbling with confidence and have pledged to address people’s aspirations once voted into office. Former area member of Parliament...

By PERPETUAL SICHIKWENKWE – VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott has challenged former Defence Minister Geoffrey Mwamba to resign from the ruling Patriotic Front (PF). Dr Scott said during a Press briefing in Lusaka yesterday that Mr Mwamba...

By CHUSA SICHONE and MOFFAT CHAZINGWA – SEVEN candidates vying for the Katuba Constituency parliamentary by-election have successfully filed in their nominations papers. The candidates included Patriotic Front (PF)’s Moses Chilando, United Party for National...

By CATHERINE NYIRENDA – FINANCE Minister Alexander Chikwanda has said that not all quasi-Government institutions will be incorporated in the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). Mr Chikwanda said in an interview that parastatal companies that were...

From XAVIER MANCHISHI in ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – PRESIDENT Michael Sata is today expected here to attend the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU). While here, the President is expected...

By KAIKO NAMUSA – GOVERNMENT will this year accelerate the construction of education infrastructure and continue to establish new universities in all the provinces, President Michael Sata has said. Mr Sata said the construction of...