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Hakainde Hichilema, Zambia’s president, at the Group of 20 investment summit in Berlin, Germany, on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

How President Hakainde Hichilema is using lawfare to subvert democracy in Zambia

Hichilema is steadily eroding the country’s democracy by weakening critical institutions — the judiciary, police, parliament, electoral commission and civil service — to ensure he remains in power

  • Des Erasmus
27 min read