How Hakainde Hichilema bagged second term in Zambia polls

Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema secured a second term with 60% of the vote, overturning pre-election assumptions that economic pain would lead to a decisive rejection of his government.

The election was widely seen as a referendum on his economic reforms, including cuts to fuel and electricity subsidies, which had triggered a jump in the cost of living.

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