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POLICE say they do not always ask victims to serve call-outs on suspects in gender-based violence (GBV) cases or other violent offences. Police Public Relations Officer Godfrey Chilabi says there are no inadequacies in the legislation, as there are protection mechanism protocols

CONFUSION broke out yesterday in Lusaka’s Kalingalinga compound when the police attempted to stop NRPUP presidential candidate Brian Mundubile and his running mate Makebi Zulu from conducting a road show. The police confronted NRPUP supporters who were attending the road show. Th

Tear gas twice in one afternoon: police strike Mundubile’s convoy in Lusaka as opposition cries foul over incumbent’s free run Police fired tear gas directly into a crowd of opposition supporters in Lusaka’s Kalingalinga on Thursday, driving presidential candidate Brian Mundubile…

Zambia and Egypt have reaffirmed their commitment to deepening bilateral cooperation in infrastructure, education, health, energy, agriculture, trade and investment. Speaking at a reception to commemorate Egypt’s National Day in Lusaka, Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary…

Ministry of Health has officially declared an end to the Cholera outbreak that started in August last year, after undergoing more than four weeks without any confirmed cases. Speaking during a press briefing in Lusaka, Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary for Technical…

Lusaka Water Supply and Sanitation Company (LWSSC) has drilled 3 commercial boreholes in Chongwe Central Ward to increase water supply to households in the area. Speaking during a District Epidemic Preparedness Review meeting held in Chongwe, LWSSC Area Water Superintendent,…

Governance activist In an originating summons filed before the Constitutional Court in Lusaka, Mr Mwanza is seeking an authoritative interpretation of several constitutional provisions governing the nomination of presidential and vice-presidential candidates, together with the…

  Lusaka, Zambia | 15 July 2026 – Yango Zambia, part of the global tech company Yango Group, has partnered with Micro Finance Zambia (MFZ) to introduce a motorcycle financing programme that will help Yango partner couriers transition from renting motorcycles to owning the assets

Ten Ethiopian nationals are feared to have drowned after a canoe they were using to illegally cross the Zambezi River into Botswana capsized near Mwaanga Village in Chief Sekute’s Chiefdom of Kazungula District. According to a joint statement by the Zambia Police Service and…

The Lusaka High Court has dismissed a renewed application for bail pending trial by former Zambia Security Intelligence Service director-general Xavier Chungu, ruling that once the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) issues a certificate denying bail on grounds of national…