President Hakainde Hichilema is under fire for his laggardly response to ex-President Edgar Lungu's death following claims by the opposition that he prevented his predecessor from travelling abroad for cancer treatment...

Although he beat ex-President Edgar Lungu by a landslide in the 2021 election President Hakainde Hichilema believes his old enemy is an obstacle to his hopes of re-election in the polls set for August 2026 and he is moving mountains to remove him from the political scene using first threats and now inducements...

During his election campaign President Hakainde Hichilema said the first law he would repeal would be the Cyber Security and the Cyber Crimes Act which President Edgar Lungu had introduced in the run-up to the 2021 election and which Hichilema had condemned as an attack on civil liberties...

Congo-K's President Félix Tshisekedi and Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema were among the first African leaders on 6 November to congratulate Trump on his victory...

It follows his charge made to Russia's President Vladimir Putin at an international trade fair in St Petersburg in June that President Hakainde Hichilema in neighbouring Zambia was conspiring with ‘western powers' to overthrow the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) government (Dispatches 11/6/24 Praising Moscow Mnangagwa accuses US of backing Zambia's military)...

Angered by a raft of allegations against senior officials President Hakainde Hichilema has dissolved the board of the country's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)...

President Hakainde Hichilema has more than two years – the next national elections are in 2026 – to conclude an IMF programme and boost copper output and the economy...