AllAfrica News: Zambia

[ISS] Late reforms and weak checks on power expose democratic fault lines and raise the stakes for Hichilema's second term.

[The Conversation Africa] Across southern Africa, sitting presidents have faced a wave of turnovers and electoral setbacks in the past few years.

[Daba Finance] Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema won a second 5-year term, giving investors policy continuity as the government seeks to build on its debt restructuring and increase copper production.

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[AI London] Responding to the reported fatal shooting of opposition party member and former cabinet minister Mutotwe Kafwaya during a security operation in Kabulonga, Lusaka on 14 August, and the arrest of at least three other opposition members, Amnesty International's Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said: