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More army deployed as uneasy Zambia counts votes after elections

Aug 13, 2021 30,147

As electoral officials in Zambia counted ballots a day after tense voting, President Edgar Lungu has deployed more troops in some restive parts of the country following two election-day killings
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Clashes heighten concerns ahead of Zambia election

Aug 9, 2016 306

The two leading contenders in Zambia's presidential election condemned Tuesday fresh outbreaks of violence between their supporters as concerns grow that the relatively stable country could face worsening unrest. Just 18 months after…
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Zimbabwe must learn from Zambia

Jan 29, 2015 310

Zimbabwe faces a herculean task of managing the country’s first complex succession politics from more than three decades of President Robert Gabriel Mugabe’s iron rule to a new leader in the not so distant future.
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Opposition concedes defeat in Zambia election

Jan 24, 2015 211

LUSAKA - Edgar Lungu, the candidate of the ruling Patriotic Front party, looks set to become Zambia's new president after opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema conceded defeat on Saturday while charging electoral fraud.
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