The talks are not likely to yield any tangible results as Lungu only agreed to them our sources say so he could release United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema from prison without suffering loss of face for detaining him for four months on an absurd charge of treason...
Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema who was imprisoned for four months after a clash with President Lungu's motorcade told local media he is 'vindicated' by the IMF's acknowledgement of the debt problem (AC Vol 58 No 9 Motorcade treason and plot)...
News of Gambari's trip followed a meeting between Hakainde Hichilema leader of the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) and Baroness Patricia Scotland the Commonwealth Secretary-General in London on 30 October about political conditions in Zambia...
Lungu fears the treason charge against United Party for National Development leader Hakainde Hichilema who has been in detention since 11 April might not succeed at trial (AC Vol 58 No 9 Motorcade treason and plot)...
Hakainde Hichilema's arrest for treason was at first dismissed as an intimidatory gimmick by President Edgar Lungu after the 'clash of the motorcades' early this month...
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Extraordinary sights greeted viewers of the Prime TV News television channel on 8 April as President Edgar Lungu and United Party for National Development (UPND) leader Hakainde Hichilema took their motorcades to the annual Kuomboka celebration of the Lozi people in Western Province...
Disgruntled elements within the party will aim to unseat its perennially unsuccessful presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema a Tonga-speaker from Southern Province who has led the party since 2006 when its founding president Anderson Mazoka died...
Lungu received just 17% of votes in Western Province while his main challenger Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development won 81...
But what the subsequent media coverage failed to make clear was that the election was so close that a victory for the opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema would also have been within the PVT's margin of error...
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When UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema filed the petition on 19 August the Court had fourteen days under the constitution in which to hear arguments and to rule...
