Zambia’s acting president has rescinded his decision to dismiss the ruling party’s chief in a bid to defuse a political conflict that triggered riots in the capital.

Police and demonstrators have clashed in Zambia’s capital during protests against the acting president, a white Zambian who fired the ruling party’s chief after the death last week of president Michael Sata.

CRIMINAL gangs are making long-term investments in match-fixing, purchasing clubs and organising referee training camps as part of their infiltration of soccer, FIFA’s security chief has claimed.

Padraig Carmody

I WISH to register the strongest possible protest about the cutback in Irish foreign aid announced by the Government.