Tag: Edgar Lungu
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Zambia poll: President Lungu concedes defeat, congratulates long term rival
Zambia’s outgoing leader Edgar Lungu on Monday conceded defeat and congratulated his successor and longtime rival Hakainde Hichilema, who scored a landslide victory in a bitterly contested presidential election. “I would therefore like to congratulate my brother… Hichilema for becoming the seventh republican president,” he said in a radio address. Lungu promised to comply with…
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BREAKING: Zambia’s Chief Justice dies while on official duties in Egypt
Chief Justice Irene Chirwa Mambilima of Zambia has died at the age of 69, while on official duties in Cairo, Egypt, according to a statement by Zambia’s President, Edgar Lungu. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports President Lungu made this known on Sunday in the statement that was released by the Secretary to the Cabinet and Principal Private…
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BREAKING: Zambian President, Lungu collapses at Defence Force Day event
Zambian President, Dr Edgar Lungu collapsed while officiating at the country’s 45th Defence Force Day Commemoration and Investiture Ceremony. According to a statement by Dr Simon Miti, Secretary to the Cabinet and Principal Private Secretary to the President, Lungu collapsed due to sudden dizziness he experienced. Miri announced on Sunday that the President was, however,…
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‘We’ll no longer allow foreigners dictate to us in Africa’
Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Monday said it was unacceptable for outsiders to dictate on how African countries should be governed. The Zambian leader said Africa should be allowed to dictate on how it governs itself instead of outsiders dictating. He said Africa was slowly choosing how its people would be governed and what structures…