Zambia: U.S. Hails Zambia's Presidential Poll

THE United States Government has hailed Zambia's January 20 presidential election as a model of democracy in Africa and an affirmation of the country's entrenched culture of free and fair elections.

Speaking when she paid a courtesy call on President Edgar Lungu on the margins of the AU Summit, US Under-Secretary for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield said the people and Government of Zambia had something to be proud of in the manner the country conducted elections.

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