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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.

  • Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has been in power since 2015. Credit: GCIS.
    PoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    April 3, 2018
    6213
    0

    Zambia’s opposition knows impeachment will fail. So what’s its game?

    The opposition’s new strategy to keep questions over President Lungu’s legitimacy in the spotlight just might work. On 23 March, Zambia’s main opposition party filed a ...
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  • President Edgar Lungu has warned the Constitutional Court of its impending decision on his eligibility to run in 2021. Credit: Edgar Chagwa Lungu.
    PoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    November 7, 2017
    14841
    6

    Zambia: Lungu’s state capture is so complete he barely needs to pretend

    Why President Lungu’s threats to the judiciary mark a new phase in Zambia’s slide to authoritarianism. When Kenya’s Supreme Court judges annulled the results of the ...
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  • Zambia's President Edgar Lungu.
    PoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    September 19, 2017
    11075
    6

    The real reasons Zambia’s opposition leader was released from jail

    The Commonwealth’s intervention did not rescue Hichilema from detention. It rescued President Lungu from political embarrassment. On 16 August, Zambia’s main opposition leader, Hakainde Hichilema, walked ...
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  • Zambia President Edgar Lungu. Credit: GCIS.
    PoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    August 10, 2017
    6054
    0

    Zambia: Lungu attacks law body but dictatorship remains out of reach

    The well-respected Law Association of Zambia is the latest target of President Lungu’s increasing authoritarianism. Where is this heading? On 5 July, Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu ...
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  • President Edgar Lungu (left) with the expelled Chishimba Kambwili (right).
    PoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    July 26, 2017
    6582
    1

    Zambia: Lungu’s authoritarianism now turns to opponents within

    The ruling Patriotic Front’s expulsion of one of its founding members paves the way for President Lungu to be its presidential candidate. But they’d be wrong ...
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  • PoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    June 1, 2016
    10478
    24

    Zambia’s 2016 elections: is a disputed outcome now inevitable?

    A flurry of questionable decisions by the electoral body, media exposés of irregularities, and controversial interventions by the government and military suggests yes Zambia’s enviable record of 25 ...
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  • PoliticsZambia
    By Sishuwa Sishuwa
    December 15, 2015
    5736
    0

    Can Zambia’s opposition unseat President Lungu in the 2016 elections?

    With the economy faltering, Lungu will face a strong challenge at the polls. His ability to stay in power will be determined by a range of ...
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