Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has been released from prison after prosecutors dropped treason charges against him.
Main opposition leader to be freed from prison on Monday after negotiations
The Zambian high commissioner reacts to an article on his country.
Political tensions have been high in Zambia this year after the arrest and continued detention of opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema
Speaking to local press outlets upon his arrival in Lusaka, Lungu announced his intention to “up the game” of policing operations.
As Lesotho proves, a few well-chosen words from South Africa can make a real difference. Zambia needs to hear them.
Zambia’s capital city of Lusaka is on edge after forty-eight UPND members of parliament were suspended.
Both SADC and the African Union have been silent on Hichilema’s arrest, as has the South African government.
Until recently, this kind of aggressively hostile behaviour towards any kind of opposition, would have been unthinkable in Zambia
The president called for national unity in his speech in Lusaka on Tuesday, saying ‘we are on this journey together’.
Campaigning for this week’s vote centred largely on the economy as Africa’s second largest copper producer battles weak commodity prices.
With Zambia’s pre-election violence and economic woes, the ‘political contest has never been this fierce’ say analysts.
The chances of the country’s democracy surviving remain tentative in the prevailing economic environment of Africa’s second-leading producer of copper
Personal rivalry, divisions in the ruling party and a failing economy heighten the election contest.
Personal rivalry, divisions in the ruling party and a failing economy heighten the election contest.
Police opened fire on the opposition United Party for National Development supporters after the party refused to cancel a campaign meeting in Lusaka.
Edgar Lungu’s illness is giving life to rumours of alcoholism – and to the opposition’s ambition.
Zambia’s kwacha closed at a record low as President Edgar Lungu travelled to South Africa for medical treatment after collapsing at a public event.
Zambian President Edgar Lungu collapsed on the podium while presiding over a Women’s Day celebration in Lusaka over the weekend.
Zambia’s new president Edgar Lungu has a minority mandate. Less than half of the registered voters made their mark, and he faces new polls in 2016.
Following the death of President Michael Sata in October, the ruling Patriotic Front candidate Edgar Lungu has received 48.3% of the vote.
The Patriotic Front has taken a small lead over the opposition United Party for National Development, with 80 of the 150 constituencies counted.
Zambian police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the leading opposition candidate, as the presidential election was extended into a third day.
Opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema said some remote parts of the country had not received ballot papers halfway through the polling day.
Zambia’s ex-president Rupiah Banda has joined the opposition Patriotic Front party after failing to win his party’s backing.
A Zambian court has found Edgar Lungu is the duly elected presidential candidate for the ruling party, but it’s unlikely to end the internal dispute.
Zambia’s forthcoming presidential by-election is not cut and dried. Defence Minister Edgar Lungu is calling for a general conference.
Mulenga, son of late Zambian president Michael Sata, has withdrawn his candidature for presidency of the Patriotic Front.
Following the dismissal of Edgar Lungu as chief of the ruling party, protesters took to the streets to express anger at acting president Guy Scott.
Zambia’s Acting President Guy Scott has fired the governing party’s secretary general, Edgar Lungu.