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Lusaka (Zambia), Aug 24 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Chona Mwemba) The politician Hakainde Hichilema, after more than fifteen years in the opposition and several electoral defeats, was sworn in on Tuesday to become the seventh head of state of Zambia, thanks to his victory in the last presidential elections over the former president Edgar Lungu.
Hakainde Hichilema slams Zambia's outgoing "brutal regime" at a press conference hours after winning a landslide victory in presidential elections. It was Hichilema's sixth bid for the top job and his third challenge to his bitter rival Edgar Lungu, after losing to Lungu by a wafer-thin 100,000-vote margin in 2016. SOUNDBITE
Lusaka (Zambia), Aug 16 (EFE / EPA).- The opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema was declared the winner of the presidential elections held in Zambia on the 12th, defeating the current Zambian president, Edgar Lungu.FOOTAGE OF HICHILEMA SUPPORTERS CELEBRATING.
Zambia's veteran opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema speaks to supporters after becoming president in his sixth bid for the top job. After a campaign dominated by the country's economic woes and marked by sporadic violence, Hichilema garnered 2,810,757 votes against 1,814,201 for President Edgar Lungu, according to nearly final results. SOUNDBITE
Zambian opposition presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema casts his ballot in a general election after a tense campaign dominated by economic woes, a debt crisis and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
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