President Rupiah Banda is expected to travel to Turkey next week. President Banda has been invited by that country’s leader Abdullah Gül. Among the issues presidents Banda and  Gul will deal with is the Turkish  airlines’ impending commencement of a direct flight connection between Zambia and Turkey. A few months ago, the Turkish government requested [...]

Zambia’s kwacha has posted its biggest weekly gain this year, hitting a nearly two-month high due to local selling of dollars, in part by companies needing kwacha to pay salaries, traders said. Having opened the week at 5,100 to the dollar, the currency of Africa’s largest copper producer strengthened to as much as 4,920 on [...]

The Lusaka Magistrate Court has convicted Ndola Central Member of Parliament Mark Mushili to Six Months Imprisonment with hard labour for attempting to swindle government of over K300 million. Hononourable Mushili, 65, a resident of Dr Dammie Street Northrise in Ndola was sentenced after being found guilty of attempting to obtain K360, 000 through fake [...]

Washington – Researchers have discovered antibodies that can protect against a wide range of Aids viruses and said they may be able to use them to design a vaccine against the fatal and incurable virus. The bodies of some people make these immune system proteins after they are infected with the Aids virus, when it [...]

Johannesburg – A painting depicting Nelson Mandela as a corpse undergoing an autopsy is causing a stir in a Johannesburg shopping centre, the Mail & Guardian reported on Friday. The painting is a modern take of a 17th century Rembrandt painting called “The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tripp” which depicts an autopsy being undertaken [...]