Speaking shortly after his predecessor Edgar Lungu conceded defeat, the business tycoon and veteran opposition leader said his camp had been victims of a “brutal regime that is exiting”
Business tycoon and opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was on Monday declared winner of the hotly contested presidential election in debt-burdened Zambia
The opposition party hopes the sharp economic decline will swing voters their way
The elections come during a three-year recession, high unemployment, inequality and a fishing scandal
At least 70 people have been arrested since hundreds of people marched through Johannesburg’s Central Business District on Monday