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Mbappé Returns To The Camp With A Mask After Nose Injury
The French Football Federation(FFF) has confirmed that the national team striker Kylian Mbappe has broken his nose but does not require surgery. According to Frabrizio Romano, Mbappé will make his return to the base camp of the French national team after suffered a broken nose during the second part of the Austria-France held this Monday…
Brixton Man Gets 4 Years Imprisonment For Removing Condom Without Consent From Lady He Was Sleeping With
Inner London Crown Court in UK has convicted and sentenced Brixton man to four years and three months imprisonment after being charged with rape as he removed a condom without the woman he was having sex with knowing. The convict has been identified as Guy Mukendi, 39 and from Brixton, south London, who committed the…
Bola Tinubu jokes of his fall during Democracy Day ceremony (watch video)
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has made light of his fall during Wednesday’s Democracy Day ceremony, saying it was his Yoruba culture on display. Mr Tinubu slipped and fell over at an official event to mark 25 years of democracy in the country. The president, 72, fell as he climbed the steps on a vehicle which…
Zambia Speaker fires warning shots at MPs
Speaker of the National Assembly NELLY MUTTI has cautioned Members of Parliament against unacceptable conduct and breach of the National Assembly’s practice, etiquette and decorum. Ms. MUTTI says the last sitting had unfortunate incidents and conduct that was unbefitting the dignity, etiquette and decorum of the House that also led to suspension of some members.…
Julius Malema slaps SA President Cyril Ramaphosa on the face
EFF leader Julius Malema has rebuffed President Cyril Ramaphosa’s proposal for a Government of National Unity (GNU), which would encompass all political parties with parliamentary seats. Malema took to Twitter (X) to express his dissent, stating, “We can’t share power with the enemy,” in reference to the Democratic Alliance (DA), the country’s second-largest political party.…
Zuma’s party to meet ANC top officials over a possible coalition
Former president Jacob Zuma’s MK Party (MKP) will for the first time after the recent elections meet with the ANC’s top officials on Friday. TimesLIVE understands the meeting was scheduled for Thursday night with the hopes the ANC’s top brass would present the outcomes of its national executive committee (NEC) meeting when the two parties…
Ex-Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda’s son laid to rest
The body of second son to former Zambia President, Kenneth Kaunda, Dr Wazamazama Francis Ng’umbo Kaunda has been laid to rest. Wazamazama Kaunda died earlier this week at the age of 73. His death comes almost two years after his youngest brother, Kambarage and three years after his father. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel:
Edgar Lungu denies putting Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema on death row
Former Zambia President Edgar Chagwa Lungu has denied putting on death row President Hakainde Hichilema during his reign, saying the claims are baseless. During State of the Nation Address, Hakainde Hichilema accused the Patriotic Front (PF) of victimizing him and his family. But in reaction Lungu said no such thing happened. “Not the false claims…
Zambian socialite Mutale Mwanza summoned for questioning at police headquarters
Well-known Zambian socialite Mutale Mwanza has been summoned by the law enforcers to appear before police headquarters for questioning on Monday next week. Mwanza has confirmed of the development in a statement posted on her official Facebook page seen by this publication. According to Mwanza, the law enforcers have not disclosed the reasons for her…
Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema reshuffles Cabinet
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has appointed Minister of Justice Mulambo Haimbe as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The President has since appointed Kembe Member of Parliament Princess Kasune as the new Minister of Justice. In a statement issued, State House chief communication specialist Clayson Hamasaka said the President Hichilema has transferred Minister of Water…
Zambian student who died in China laid to rest
A Zambian student who died in China last February has been put to rest today at Nkana East Memorial Park in Kitwe. The body of 30 year old Giland Musonda arrived in Zambia yesterday after his death on 6th February, 2024 in China. Musonda had been in China since 2016. Yesterday’s burial followed the funeral…
Kenneth Kaunda’s son Dr Waza Kaunda dies
Dr. Waza Kaunda, son to Kenneth Kaunda, former President President of Zambia has died. According to media reports, Dr. Waza died yesterday at University Teaching Hospital (UTH) where he was admitted for 10 days. The family is yet to release a funeral program. Faceofmalawi will keep you updated on the matter. Subscribe to our Youtube…
Mexico elects new female President
Claudia Sheinbaum has been elected as Mexico’s first woman president in an historic landslide win. Mexico’s official electoral authority said preliminary results showed the 61-year-old former mayor of Mexico City winning between 58% and 60% of the vote in Sunday’s election. That gives her a lead of almost 30 percentage points over her main rival,…
Ramaphosa will stay as president – ANC
If you’re a betting person, put your money on South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa remaining in office – despite the catastrophic loss of support his governing ANC suffered in the election. In his address to the media, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula emphatically stated that Ramaphosa will not step down. “That is not going to happen,”…
Zambia former President Edgar Lungu’s daughter gives birth to twins
Tasila Lungu, a daughter to former Zambia President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, has given birth to twins barely hours after the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) effected an arrest on her. On Thursday, the DEC summoned Lungu’s wife, his daughter Tasila, Chiyesu and Charles Phiri where they were charged with possession of property allegedly…
Ex-Zambia President Edgar Lungu says ready to defend his family in court
Former President of Zambia Edgar Chagwa Lungu has said he will challenge in court the charges leveled against his wife, Esther, her daughter Chiyesu and his close relative, Mr. Charles Phiri. Lungu’s remarks follow the summoning of the three yesterday by the Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) where they were charged with possession of property allegedly…
ANC leading with 44 percent of vote in South Africa
The first results have been announced from what is seen as South Africa’s most closely fought elections since the African National Congress (ANC) came to power 30 years ago. With results from around 21% voting districts counted so far, the ANC is leading with 44%, followed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) with 25%. The radical…
Donald Trump found guilty
Former United States President Donald Trump has been found guilty in a historic criminal hush-money trial, in a decision that could shake up the 2024 election campaign. He has become the first US president, past or present, to be charged and convicted of a crime. A New York City jury delivered the verdict on Thursday…
Zuma votes after being barred from running as MP
Hundreds of Jacob Zuma supporters ululated and chanted his clan names (“Nxamala!”, “Msholozi!”) as the 82-year-old former president arrived to cast his vote in his home village of Nkandla. Wearing a white T-shirt with the green and black colours of his party, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), Zuma greeted officials and then sat down in Ntolwane…
MP Maureen Mabonga arrested in Zambia
POLICE in Lusaka have detained Mfuwe Member of Parliament Maureen Mabonga for allegedly uttering tribal remarks at a press briefing. A warn and caution statement has since been recorded from the lawmaker. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said Ms Mabonga, 40, has been detained for seditious practices and expressing or showing ridicule or contempt for persons…