Social media helped contribute to the UPND’s impressive victory in the 2021 Zambia elections, new analysis shows. The party’s online messaging resonated more with users compared to their rivals, ...

In 2021, 171 million netizens were affected by network outages in Sub-Saharan Africa. Civil society has been off the grid for 15,963 hours. This resulted in gigantic economic losses, amounting to a ...

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia’s standing as one of Africa’s most stable democracies is being tested this week in the vote in which President Edgar Lungu is seeking re-election. A tight race is expected ...

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema believes his many reforms over the past five years are safe because he should be re-elected later in 2026.

United Party for National Development (UPND) Presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema looks on during a rally in Lusaka on January 18, 2015. [Reuters] Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has ...

On Thursday, 12th August, 2021, millions of voters in Zambia woke up early to vote for their preferred candidates in the presidential, parliamentary, mayoral, and council elections. This was the 13th ...

Lungu came into power in 2015 to complete president Michael Sata's five-year tenure after Sata had died in October 2014. Zambia's President Edgar Lungu's decision to contest the 2021 election sparked ...

Although campaigns for Zambia's August general election officially begin in May, education has already emerged as one of the race's topical issues. In 2022, President Hakainde Hichilema's United Party ...

Zambia’s copper production, though, declined under Lungu, in part because of protracted disputes between the government and ...