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Zambia: Why Edgar Lungu and His Party Lost 2021 Elections
The Conversation Africa, 22 August 2021
Hakainde Hichilema's election victory is the third time an opposition leader has unseated an incumbent president in Zambia since 1991. The victory bequeaths on the new president… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Mnangagwa Claims Credit for Getting Zambia's Lungu to Concede Defeat
East African, 19 August 2021
Zimbabwe's Emmerson Mnangagwa says he persuaded outgoing Zambian President Edgar Lungu to concede defeat after the August 12 elections. Read more »
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Zambia: Zambians Vote for Economic Reform
ISS, 19 August 2021
Almost five million Zambians came out to vote on 12 August, and overwhelmingly rejected incumbent Edgar Lungu as president. After five attempts, Hakainde Hichilema swept ahead to… Read more »
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Zambia: Hakainde Hichilema - Zambian Accountant Who Trounced President Lungu
Nation, 17 August 2021
When Zambia's new President Hakainde Hichilema joined politics in 2006, he was largely viewed as an outsider, inexperienced and elitist. It is an image he seems to have shed off… Read more »
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Zambia: Zambian Opposition Stalwart Hichilema Secures Big Win in Presidential Elections
CFR, 17 August 2021
Hakainde Hichilema's win in Zambia's presidential election allays some fears of democratic decline, but his administration will inherit economic problems from incumbent President… Read more »
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Zambia: Zambia Election - President Edgar Lungu Concedes Defeat
East African, 16 August 2021
Zambia's outgoing President Edgar Lungu has conceded defeat after the country's electoral commission announced his rival Hakainde Hichilema winner of the August 12 presidential… Read more »
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Zambia: Opposition's Hichilema Wins Presidential Election
allAfrica, 16 August 2021
Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has been declared the winner of Zambia’s presidential election, defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »
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Zambia: Who Is President-Elect Hakainde Hichilema?
DW, 16 August 2021
After two failed campaigns, Zambian politician Hakainde Hichilema has finally won the presidency. But he has to deal with a devastated economy. Experts believe that Hichilema's… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Guard Your Votes - Top Zambian Activist Tells Zimbabwe Youths
New Zimbabwe, 17 August 2021
Zambian youth activist and former African Union (AU) youth simulation forum president, Joseph Kalimbwe has urged Zimbabwean youths not to vote and leave polling stations, but stay… Read more »
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Zambia: The Tone Has Been Set
Times of Zambia, 17 August 2021
The tone, both in political and economic terms, has been set. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Opposition Parties Hail Zambia Election
New Zimbabwe, 17 August 2021
OPPOSITION parties in Bulawayo have hailed the Zambian people for successfully holding democratic elections which were resoundingly won by opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema. Read more »
Hope For Africa as Zambia's Lungu Concedes Defeat to Hichilema
Zambian president-elect Hakainde Hichilema has told Zambians 'change is here' as opposition parties in neighbouring countries congratulated him on his victory. UPND supporters that had gathered just after Hichilema's victory was announced were still parading through the capital, more and more people joining them as the day went on.
Speaking shortly after President Edgar Lungu conceded defeat, Hichilema also slammed the outgoing 'brutal regime'. Recalling that he had been arrested 15 times, Hichilema said there wouldn't be retribution against those who arrested political rivals.
InFocus
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Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has been declared the winner of Zambia's presidential election, defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu, Al Jazee Read more »
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On August 12, 2021, Zambians voted in general elections for a new president, 156 members of parliament, and 117 district council leaders. The Southern Africa Litigation Centre ... Read more »
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Whoever wins Zambia's 2021 general elections will face two key challenges: reviving the country's democratic credentials and stimulating the economy. To achieve this, the new ... Read more »
