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Zambians asked to stop spying on phones of their spouses

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Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has asked citizens to stop spying on the phones of their spouses. The country recorded over 22,000 divorce cases last year alone, statistics that President Hichilema is unhappy with. Statistics from the last 12 months showed the shortest marriage in the country lasted for 30 days while the longest was 65 years. Leading the reasons for… Read More
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Zambia’s president Hichilema sacks police and army chiefs

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– – The president of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema has sacked the country’s army and police chiefs. He has made new appointments to the top roles as part of efforts to reform the security forces. There are now new commanders for the Zambian army, the air force and the national service and their deputies, as well as a new inspector general… Read More
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Hakainde Hichilema takes over as Zambia’s new president

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– – Hakainde Hichilema has taken over as Zambia’s new president after winning a historic election by defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu this month. It was his sixth bid for the presidency and his 2021 victory with almost one million votes more than his rival signalled a landslide victory. Hichilema’s electoral success has inspired many opposition politicians who are fighting hard… Read More
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Zambia’s opposition leader Hichilema wins presidential election

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– – Zambia’s electoral commission has declared opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema winner of last week’s presidential election. Mr Hichilema defeated his main rival, the outgoing President Edgar Lungu, by more than a million votes. In its final tally, the electoral commission said Mr Hichilema had won 2,810,777 votes to Mr Lungu’s 1,814,201 out of over seven million registered voters. “I… Read More
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Zambia: Lungu trails rival Hichilema, questions fairness of vote

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– – Zambian President Edgar Lungu has questioned the fairness of Thursday’s presidential and general elections as he trails his rival, Hakainde Hichilema. On Saturday, results from 62 of 156 constituencies had been released by the Zambian Electoral Commission. The tally from those early results showed that opposition leader, Hichilema obtained 1,024,212 votes so far while incumbent President Edgar Lungu… Read More
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Zambia Election: Hichilema leads Lungu in partial results

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– – Zambia’s opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) has taken an early lead in Thursday’s presidential election. The first set of official results were released by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) on Saturday morning with more results still expected later on Saturday. Results from 15 of Zambia’s 156 constituencies showed that Hakainde… Read More
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​​​Zambia must Drop trumped-up treason charges against Hakainde Hichilema immediately

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Zambian authorities must drop trumped-up treason charges against main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema and his five employees and release them unconditionally, Amnesty International said today ahead of his bail hearing. The six were arrested on 11 April after they allegedly failed to give way to a Presidential convoy. They claim they were beaten, teargassed and pepper sprayed on their genitals… Read More