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The Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) has described the better performance of girls than boys in last year’s grade seven final examinations as encouraging. ZNUT Deputy General Secretary, Newman Bubala, told ZANIS in an interview today that the...

CELTEL subscribers in Lusaka have demanded an explanation from CELTEL management for what they termed as ‘failure’ to communicate to their beloved ones, friends and relatives. The subscribers said they could not communicate or send Short Messaging Services (SMSs)...

There has been heavy floods across the country in due to the heavy rains the country is experiencing. More than 500 houses have collapsed in Monze district leaving many families homeless with property worth millions destroyed due to heavy...

About 174,000 out of over 280,000 pupils who sat for the grade seven examinations this year have made it to grade eight. Education minister Geoffrey Lungwangwa announced the results at a press briefing in Lusaka today. Dr Lungwangwa said...

Mazabuka District Commissioner, Misheck Chiinda has called on people living along the Kafue basin to relocate to higher grounds. Mr Chiinda said the heavy rain being experienced coupled with the impending opening of flood gates at Itezhi tezhi dam...

The Zambia China Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone Development Limited has applied for 36 hectors of Land from the Kitwe City Council to enable them establish a living Zone for about 300 Chinese senior staff that would come to...

  (CNN) -- Assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest alongside her father in her ancestral home of Garhi-Khuda Baksh after a chaotic funeral procession and scenes of violence in Pakistan on Friday. Bhutto's casket is carried out...

 By Tovin  Ngombe A 14 year old boy is battling for his life at Maamba hospital when he survived after wrestling with a crocodile in Sinazongwe district. Speaking at the bed side in Maamba Hospital the boy’s uncle Robby Sikabele said...

Pakistan former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has died after a suicide bombing that killed at least 14 of her supporters, ex-government spokesman Tariq Azim Khan and Pakistan's primary television networks said. Bhutto is helped from her vehicle following the October...

Zambia has approached Ethiopia for support to its bid for the chair of the African Union (AU). Zambia's Ambassador to the United States, Dr Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika is vying to be the the next chairperson of the Commission of the...