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President elect Hakainde Hichilema gives a press briefing at his residence in Lusaka, on August 16, 2021. – Zambian business tycoon and veteran opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema scored a landslide victory on August 16, 2021 in bitterly-contested presidential elections. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK MEINHARDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Zambia’s new president vows ‘better’ democracy after landslide win

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…

Business tycoon and opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was on Monday declared winner of the hotly contested presidential election in debt-burdened Zambia. (Photo by SALIM DAWOOD/AFP via Getty Images)

Zambia’s opposition leader Hichilema wins presidential vote at sixth bid

Business tycoon and opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema was on Monday declared winner of the hotly contested presidential election in debt-burdened Zambia

Tendai Biti, an internationally-respected finance minister in Zimbabwe’s troubled 2009-2013 power-sharing government, had proclaimed victory for the opposition before the final results came in.(Moeletsi Mabe/The Times/Gallo)

Zambia deports Biti, defying court order

Tendai Biti fled to Zambia on Wednesday, reportedly facing charges at home of inciting post-election violence

Japanese finance giant Nomura recently questioned the size of Zambia’s public debt

Fears of hidden debt in Zambia

For several weeks financiers have demanded answers about Zambia’s external borrowing. But officials have rubbished suggestions of concealed debts

Sex dolls’ inventors say they can cure loneliness and help elderly men who lack female companionship.

Zambia’s crackdown on sex dolls provokes fierce rights debate

​No one sells them openly, no one admits to owning one, and no one has been arrested— but Zambia is waging a fierce campaign against sex dolls

United Party for National Development Presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema casts his ballot at a voting station in Lusaka

Zambia vote extended into third day

Zambian police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the leading opposition candidate, as the presidential election was extended into a third day.

Zambia’s polls were closely contested despite widespread irregularities.

Opposition cries foul in Zambia presidential poll

Opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema said some remote parts of the country had not received ballot papers halfway through the polling day.

Zambian gay rights activist Paul Kasonkomona.

High-profile homosexuality cases return to Zambia’s courts

Two cases involving a suspected gay couple and a gay rights activist have returned to Zambian courts, raising concerns over growing homophobia.

Hunger in Africa persists not primarily because of a lack of science, but because the connective tissue between evidence, policy and implementation is weak.

Zambian govt risks ire by scrapping maize subsidy

A decision by Zambia’s president to slash a key food subsidy threatens to hit the poor, stoke inflation and spark a revolt against his government.

Heroes’ welcome for Zambia’s Copper Bullets

Heroes’ welcome for Zambia’s Copper Bullets

Chipolopolo have returned home to an ecstatic welcome from thousands of fans who gathered to greet the Africa Cup of Nations’s winning team.

I’m allergic to corruption

I’m allergic to corruption, says Zambia’s Sata

Zambia’s new president Michael Sata has taken a strong stance on corruption, vowing to prosecute anyone found guilty of embezzlement.

Vote delays spark unrest in Zambian polls

Vote delays spark unrest in Zambian polls

Stone-throwing mobs smashed cars and blocked roads during voting in Lusaka after the opposition accused President Banda’s party of rigging the ballot.

US brandishes AGOA carrot at AU trade talks

US brandishes AGOA carrot at AU trade talks

The US has urged AU countries to take advantage of a trade act which grants well-governed African states preferential access to the US economy.

SADC leaders meet on Zimbabwe stand-off

SADC leaders meet on Zimbabwe stand-off

Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will ask a regional security summit on Thursday to stop what he says is a crackdown by Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe tensions top security summit

Zimbabwe tensions top security summit

African leaders on Thursday will try to defuse escalating tensions in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe is accused of cracking down on rivals.

Zambia’s last DRC refugees fear return home

Ten years after fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Muzungu Makoi says he is still haunted by the massacres and refuses to leave Zambia.