Violent election campaigning is now combined with contested Zambian vote results in new crisis

Zambia’s leading opposition candidate has demanded a recount of votes in the capital Lusaka as the results from Thursday’s general election edge towards a victory for the incumbent Edgar Lungu. Citizens in the southern African country voted in four elections and a referendum on Thursday, including a presidential election that pitted the Patriotic Front’s Lungu against…

Zambia arrests 133 protesters after contested election

Zambian police have arrested 133 people protesting against the re-election of President Edgar Lungu after his main opponent Hakainde Hichilema said the vote was rigged, a senior police officer said. Lungu, leader of the Patriotic Front (PF), won 50.35 percent of the vote, against 47.67 percent for Hichilema, of the United Party for National Development (UPND),…