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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)
DEMOCRACY

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…

  • Sofia Christensen
  • Obert Simwanza
4 min read
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)
EDGAR LUNGU

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

  • Sofia Christensen
  • Obert Simwanza
3 min read
Support: An assistant to Danny Yenga (second right), a candidate for the ruling Patriotic Front, hands out a cloth with a picture of President Edgar Lungu during a campaign parade in Lusaka. (Marco Longari/AFP)
PATRIOTIC FRONT

Poverty underscores Zambia poll

The opposition party hopes the sharp economic decline will swing voters their way

  • Sofia Christensen
3 min read
Voters in Namibia. An Afrobarometer survey found 72% turnout of the continent’s voting population. Photo: Gianluigi GuerciaI/AFP
ELECTIONS

Vote tests Swapo’s dominance

The elections come during a three-year recession, high unemployment, inequality and a fishing scandal

  • Sofia Christensen
4 min read
Police also said they were investigating a death in Hillbrow, where a “member of the public” was allegedly shot by a group. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
COUNTRY

Scores arrested in looting, xenophobic protests

At least 70 people have been arrested since hundreds of people marched through Johannesburg’s Central Business District on Monday

  • Sofia Christensen
  • Susan Njanji
4 min read