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DEC insists on Archbishop Banda probe, ‘Jerabos’ in Zambia receive $4 million compensation.See our top 10 stories of the week.

In case you missed some of the stories, here are the top 10 stories of the week. 1. Tension arose Wednesday within the ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJanuary 3, 20260

Power and Politics

UBZ, APC announce intention to withdraw from TONSE Alliance, as PF internal wrangles deepen

The United for Better Zambia (UBZ) Party has withdrawn from the Tonse Alliance Council of Leaders, citing leadership failure, deepening internal wrangles, and ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJanuary 3, 20260

Power and Politics

DPP’s Mubanga accuses Hichilema govt of spending over $18.44 million to buy silence of traditional, religious leaders

Development People’s Party (DPP) leader, Dr. Kafula Mubanga, has accused President Hakainde Hichilema’s administration of practising selective justice and weaponising state institutions against ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJanuary 2, 20260

Power and Politics

Ruling UPND justifies probe of Archbishop Banda, says DEC summon not about Catholic church but an individual

UPND Media Director, Mark Simuuwe, has reaffirmed that relations between the Catholic Church and the government remained cordial, urging the public to distinguish ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJanuary 2, 20260

Metro

Police report 16 dead in three days of 136 traffic accidents, as Zambia marks year-end festivities

A total of 136 road traffic accidents were recorded countrywide, resulting in 16 deaths between December 31, 2025, and January 2, 2026, police ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJanuary 2, 20260

International

40 people killed, 115 injured in New Year fire at Swiss bar, police say

Forty people have been reported dead and 115 injured, “many severely” after the fire at Le Constellation bar overnight in Switzerland, the police ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJanuary 2, 20260

Sports

Gabon’s government suspends national team after ‘disgraceful’ AFCON, bans Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Gabon’s national team has been suspended by the government until further notice after they were eliminated from the group stage of the Africa ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJanuary 1, 20260

Power and Politics

Unpaid farmers, rising reserves; M’membe blasts UPND economic policy as govt promises Jan 10 to pay debts

Socialist Party President, Dr. Fred M’membe, has accused the UPND government of exploiting farmers through what he described as cruelty disguised as economic ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJanuary 1, 20260

Power and Politics

Party leader, Fube, alleges shrinking democratic space, accuses Hichilema government of selective justice

Leader of Zambia Must Prosper (ZMP), Kelvin Fube, has decried what he described as a disturbing pattern of injustice, selective application of the ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJanuary 1, 20260

Opposition figures rally behind Archbishop Banda, knock Drug Enforcement Commission over planned probe

Some stakeholders have criticised the government, acting through the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC), for summoning Lusaka Archbishop Alick Banda in connection with undisclosed ...

By AUGUSTINE SICHULAJanuary 1, 20260

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