Local media have criticised the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Lilian Shawa appointed by former President Edgar Lungu in October 2016 for her lack of zeal in pursuing corruption cases...
Zambia's parliament threw out President Edgar Lungu's 'Bill 10' which it was said would turn the country into a 'constitutional dictatorship'...
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Some of the more controversial public officials of the previous regime such as Treasury Secretary Fredson Yamba and a host of other unpopular permanent secretaries are gone while respected professionals dismissed by President Edgar Lungu such as former Central Bank Governor Denny Kalyalya have been reinstated (AC Vol 61 No 17 Reconciliation and a reckoning)...
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Hichilema didn't explain why he sacked the security chiefs but rights groups accused his predecessor Edgar Lungu of using the security forces to crack down on opposition parties and civil society groupings...
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President Hakainde Hichilema's inauguration on 24 August ended the tense period that followed polling day on 12 August when it looked as though his predecessor Edgar Lungu might refuse to accept defeat...
The presence of Biti and Chamisa from Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change must have been particularly galling for President Emmerson Mnangagwa who studied law in Zambia and was close to Edgar Lungu...
Sinohydro co-operated with ex-President Edgar Lungu's commissioning of one of the turbines in July...
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In a short speech on state television on 16 August President Edgar Lungu congratulated his rival Hakainde Hichilema on his landslide win in last week's presidential elections and promised to 'comply with all the constitutional provisions for a peaceful transition...
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Independent polls such as Afrobarometer and analysts put Hichilema significantly ahead of the PF's President Edgar Lungu...
Trouble brews in Lungu's heartlands President Edgar Lungu hoped the resource-nationalist gesture of placing Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) in liquidation because of the supposed mismanagement by Vedanta Resources the mine's owner would win votes for the ruling Patriotic Front political analysts said...
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Informal collation of polling station returns suggested that Freedom Sikwaze a close ally of President Edgar Lungu has lost his seat in Mpulungu in Northern Province...
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Against a backdrop of falling support for President Edgar Lungu and a sliding economy the Patriotic Front government is showering farmers and civil servants with handouts and good news stories in the hope of retaining power in the general election on 12 August...
But this is not enough to signify potential poll fraud since President Edgar Lungu only beat Hichilema by 50...
