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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...
We hear that President Edgar Lungu wants to postpone the presidential poll because of illness (See Box That date with destiny isn't good for me)...
That date with destiny isn't good for me Lusaka is awash with rumours that President Edgar Lungu is so worried about his health that he wants to postpone the general election date of 12 August...
In a letter to President Edgar Lungu of 23 June the family wrote that they had considered the proposal but 'our gallant first president needs to rest in peace at his final resting place… to be buried next to his dear wife at his residence'...
The Zanaco loan is to fund a two-year $131m FISP contract signed last year with Zambian company Neria's Investments Ltd an inputs supplier whose owners are close to President Edgar Lungu...
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This may improve President Edgar Lungu's re-election prospects if the IMF moves quickly to disburse funds...
