Zambian President Edgar Lungu has defended his decision to invoke a state of emergency in the southern African nation, saying he was "ringing sanity to the country".
President Lungu held a press conference in Lusaka on Thursday and struck a defiant posture, 24 hours after invoking a constitutional provision that paved the way for a state of emergency.
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