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Vol 58 No 22

Published 3rd November 2017


Zambia

Hichilema pushes for Commonwealth talks

Negotiations on political reform between President Lungu and the opposition are due, but many doubt he will take the process seriously

Commonwealth Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari is due in Lusaka this month to mediate in talks between President Edgar Lungu's ruling Patriotic Front and opposition parties as part of a Commonwealth initiative. Gambari, a former foreign minister of Nigeria, faces a daunting task given the deepening political chasm in Zambia.

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