Is there any weight behind the Zambian president’s warning?
The state and quality of civil society is important for a functioning democracy, but Zambia’s has failed citizens
Hakainde Hichilema is already putting in place measures to ensure that he stays in power, come the 2026 elections
In early 2021, the country agreed to be a guinea pig for a new approach to tackle sovereign debt
A year into Hakainde Hichilema’s first term as president reveals he is more interested in colluding with the West and dividing the country along ethnic lines
World leaders and governments must do much more to modernise international financial systems so that they serve everyone, not just the wealthiest nations
Dr Fred M’membe, president of the Socialist Party in Zambia, says such a facility will be established ‘over our dead bodies’
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Lungu’s defeat in the Zambian elections will be a constant reminder to the new government that the Zambian people have the power to vote for change
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
What is worrisome is that even if Zambians desire political change, research indicates that fear of facing electoral violence lowers support for democracy
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But both surveys ultimately suggest that Zambia’s governing party is under considerable pressure
The youth are a national asset because they can help alter the course of Zambia’s future
A proposed cyber law will muzzle Zambians and restrict the opposition ahead of the elections
The president is trying to amend the Constitution and create a new voters’ roll in a bid to stay in power
A proposed amendment to its Constitution may turn Zambia into a de facto one-party state
As the country’s economy worsens, so dissent grows and its government becomes more repressive
Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema’s months in jail have changed his priorities
Basic rights are under severe threat in the region, says Human Rights Watch
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
Political tensions have been high in Zambia this year after the arrest and continued detention of opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema
Political tensions have been high in Zambia this year after the arrest and continued detention of opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema
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
Across the region, governments are cracking down on political opposition, and treason charges are the leaders’ weapon of choice
The president called for national unity in his speech in Lusaka on Tuesday, saying ‘we are on this journey together’.
The chances of the country’s democracy surviving remain tentative in the prevailing economic environment of Africa’s second-leading producer of copper