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Author: Sishuwa Sishuwa

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Sishuwa Sishuwa

Sishuwa Sishuwa is a Zambian writer, historian, and Senior Lecturer at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.

  • President Hichilema of Zambia on a visit to the European Parliament in 2022. Credit: European Parliament.
    PoliticsTop storyZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    September 15, 2023
    369
    3

    Why is Zambia’s president warning off non-existent coup plotters?

    Though baffling to some, Hichilema’s talk of a coup contains two clear messages to two different audiences. On 4 September 2023, Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema denounced ...
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  • President Hakainde Hichilema meeting with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at State House in Lusaka, Zambia, earlier in 2023. Credit: IMF Photo/Kim Haughton
    PoliticsTop storyZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    June 1, 2023
    2201
    27

    Zambia: The president’s five-point plan to stay in power at all costs

    Hichilema is desperate to retain power and already has a worrying plan three years ahead of time.  Zambia’s next general election is not due until 2026, ...
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  • President Hakainde Hichilema visiting the IMF in New York in September 2022. Credit: IMF Photo/Kim Haughton.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    December 16, 2022
    5193
    33

    Why Zambia’s president is adored abroad but a disappointment at home

    Since coming to power in 2021, Hichilema has enthusiastically courted the approval of the West, often at Zambia’s expense. Despite his lack of significant domestic achievements ...
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  • President Hakainde Hichilema giving a speech at the European Parliament in June 2022. Credit: European Parliament.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    August 24, 2022
    1984
    2

    An assessment of President Hichilema’s first year in Zambia

    The new president came to power promising widespread change. A year on, his supporters see him as a saviour, his critics as an abject failure. Nothing ...
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  • President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia meeting supporters. Credit: Hakainde Hichilema/Facebook.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    March 22, 2022
    1661
    4

    Zambia’s democracy is still under attack

    But now by President Hichilema, the man who vowed to rescue it. When Hakainde Hichilema won Zambia’s August 2021 election, many hoped the assault on democracy ...
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  • President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia at COP26. Credit: Doug Peters/ UK Government.
    PoliticsTop storyZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    December 2, 2021
    2616
    0

    The good, the bad and the alarming: Hichilema’s first 100 days in Zambia

    The new president’s first 100 days have seen a combination of promising steps and worrying tendencies. Today marks exactly 100 days since Hakainde Hichilema was inaugurated ...
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  • President Hakainde Hichilema won last month's elections in a landslide against incumbent Edgar Lungu. Credit: UPND/facebook.
    PoliticsTop storyZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    September 17, 2021
    1962
    0

    Should Zambia’s new president fire all his predecessor’s appointees?

    Many are clamouring for President Hichilema to remove senior officials appointed by Lungu. These demands are understandable but misguided.  The last few days have seen mounting ...
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  • Zambia elections President Edgar Lungu of Zambia giving a speech in 2016. Credit: Paul Kagame.
    PoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    August 8, 2021
    4110
    26

    Zambia: In a fair election, Lungu can’t win. In an unfair one, he can’t lose

    The incumbent is deeply unpopular, but he has a range of strategies up his sleeve that he is hoping will allow him to hang on to ...
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  • President Edgar Lungu (centre, in light blue) has been in office since 2015. Credit: WorldFish.
    PoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    November 19, 2019
    6263
    4

    Zambia: The plan to remove President Lungu, from within his own party

    Some in the ruling Patriotic Front have rallied behind the president. Others have developed a four-point plan to get rid of him. On 8 November, President ...
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  • Zambia 2021: President Edgar Lungu (centre). Credit: GCIS.
    PoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    December 4, 2018
    5504
    5

    Step by inevitable step: Lungu’s strategic march to 2021 and beyond

    If President Lungu is deemed eligible to run for a third term, he will have removed one more hurdle to extending his rule. He has plans ...
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