Zambia: Ahead of August's Election, Is the Fix Already In?

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Earlier this month, a Zambian news outlet released what it claimed was the ruling party's top-secret strategy to steal the presidential election scheduled for August this year. While the document itself has yet to be verified, there is no doubt that the strategy is already being implemented, almost to the letter. The fix appears to be in. By SIMON ALLISON.

Zambia has long been one of Africa's proudest and most accomplished democracies: a nation where elections are frequent, campaigns are peaceful, and leaders accept defeat. No more. Ahead of what is anticipated to be one of the closest elections in recent memory, Zambia's ruling Patriotic Front appears to be doing everything in its considerable power to guarantee victory for its candidate, President Edgar Lungu. It is not playing fair.

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