Zambia
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Zambia eroding: Four ongoing trends to be worried about
Many of Zambia’s structures and norms are being gradually undermined. The release of Zambia’s main opposition leader in August was greeted by some observers ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Zambia’s authoritarianism deepens, emboldened by IMF support
An opposition leader in jail. 48 MPs suspended. A $1.2 billion IMF package on the way. The speaker of Zambia’s National Assembly, Patrick Matibini, ... -
How Zambia’s once insuperable MMD returned to power by disappearing
Despite dominating Zambian politics for 20 years, the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy was all but wiped out in last year’s legislative elections. But it’s former leaders ...
