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Category: Southern Africa

Southern Africa, southernmost region of the African continent, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Leaders Zambia 

Zambia: New government must lift restrictions on civil liberties

Global Author,
Global civil society alliance CIVICUS congratulates President Hakainde Hichilema on his election as the new President of Zambia and commends the millions of people of Zambia for participating in the electoral process that has seen the transition of power from former President Edgar Lungu to a new government. The people of Zambia braved the Covid-19 pandemic, concerns of violence, and… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambia’s opposition leader Hichilema wins presidential election

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , ,
– – 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
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambia: Lungu trails rival Hichilema, questions fairness of vote

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , ,
– – 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
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambia Election: Hichilema leads Lungu in partial results

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , ,
– – 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
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Vote counting underway in Zambia’s general elections

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , ,
– – Vote counting is underway in Zambia following the general elections in the southern African nation on Thursday. Millions of people voted in what is seen as a hotly contested general and presidential elections. Reports say several hundreds of people were in long queues to cast their ballot with some voters complaining about the slow pace of the process.… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambians vote in crucial general elections

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , ,
– – Polls have opened in Zambia as millions vote in crucial general elections amid pre-election violent clashes and heightened tension. Thursday’s voting process at various polling station is being monitored by police and troops deployed across the country to prevent violence. But civilian observers are also expected to play a key role of monitoring the process. Polling opened at… Read More
Human Rights Zambia 

Zambia: Guarantee human rights for all during elections period

Village Reporter, ,
11 August 2021, Ahead of the highly anticipated elections in Zambia tomorrow, global civil society alliance CIVICUS calls on the government of President Edgar Lungu to guarantee the rights of all Zambians and refrain from shutting down the internet during and after the elections. Scheduled for 12 August 2021, the elections take place in an environment of fear, threats of… Read More
Lazarus Chakwera Malawi Opinions 

Talking Blues: Is President Lazarus Chakwera still with us and for us?

Village Reporter,
By Mapwiya Muulupale Nothing for us without us is the charismatic maxim with which President Lazarus Chakwera dazzled the political scene after quitting his clerical frock. Today, that era feels like another lifetime. Nothing for us without us has since, like a virus, mutated. During campaign time, it metamorphosed into the Chakwera Super Hi-5. Once voted into power, it has… Read More
Zambia 

Zambia: The Privatisation of State-Owned Assets Explained

Global Author,
By Henry Kyambalesa INTRODUCTION News stories concerning the privatisation of Zambia’s State-owned enter-prises which took place 30 years ago have continued to linger in the coun-try’s news outlets. In this article, I wish to provide a non-partisan bird’s-eye view of a process that was mainly fostered and funded by our coun-try’s development partners, whose experts directly participated in the pri-vatisation… Read More
Africa Southern Africa World Zambia 

Zambia Elections: Violence heightens despite peace-pact

Elwin Mandowa, , , , ,
– – As Zambia counts down to its August 12 general election, violent clashes among some political party groups have become rife, despite political parties signing a peace and non-violent accord, recently, resulting into the death of two political cadres a few days ago. The main perpetrators are reported to be the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the main United… Read More