Zambia: Hichilema Challenges Detention - Demands Formal Charge

Opposition UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema has gone to court to challenge his detention saying it was unlawful.

According to Hichilema's lawyers, the opposition leader has asked the Lusaka High Court to issue a writ of habeas corpus.

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