Egypt’s ex-President Hosni Mubarak has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the killing of protesters during last year’s revolution that forced him from power, a verdict that caps a stunning fall from grace for a man who ruled the country as his personal fiefdom for nearly three decades. The harsh sentence [...]

An elderly woman of Chadiza district, Eastern Province has refused to be paid a cow as compensation from a Catechism teacher of a Catholic Church who allegedly defiled her granddaughter. The alleged culprit, Kanaisi Zulu, aged 75 of Kamwala compound of the same district was allegedly caught in the act in a maize field. After [...]

By Kelvin Shimo Scores of Angolan refugees have presented visiting UNHCR Executive Committee (ExCom) Chairman Jan Knutson with a catalogue of reasons why they wish not to repatriate to Angola but seek to permanently reside in Zambia. The UNHCR ExCom Chairman – who was visiting Mayukwayukwa Refugee Settlement in Western Zambia on a familiarisation tour on Friday 1 June, accompanied [...]