Faced with public discontent, fear of losing power has driven Zambia’s president to change the constitution and enact ...

Zambia's top court has barred former President Edgar Lungu from standing for re-election in 2026. The Constitutional Court ruled that the 68-year-old politician had already served the maximum two ...

President Edgar Lungu. He was leading in Zambia's presidential election on Monday, with 85 percent of the constituencies counted, but his main rival demanded a recount in a key district ...

THE Electoral Reforms Technical Committee (ERTC) of the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has recommended that Article 68 of the Constitution of Zambia be amended to allow for the number of ...

Athough no official date has yet been set, Zambia is well in the grip of election fever. DW-AKADEMIE recently held an election-related workshop there. Trainer Guy Degen shares his impressions.

Zambians are preparing to head to the polls on Thursday 12 August in the most highly contested elections in the country’s history, with 16 presidential candidates vying for the top post.

: Manyama residents in Kalumbila district lining up to cast their vote in this year’s General election at Shiinda polling station at Manyama school in Kalumbila on Thursday .Picture by BETRAM KAOMA ...

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, and some ...

It's so much interesting to see the Zambian Political Landscape (ZPL) with an emerging new face in the political arena, seemingly making ...

We compared Zambia’s founding elections in 1991, which were largely peaceful and Kenya’s in 1992. During these polls there was large-scale state-instigated electoral violence along ethnic lines.

Zambians are preparing to head to the polls on Thursday 12 August in the most highly contested elections in the country’s history, with 16 presidential candidates vying for the top post.