Hakainde Hichilema

Supporters of Zambian incumbent President and United Party for National Development (UPND) presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema attend a campaign rally on the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Anita Reed)

A guide to this week’s election in Zambia, a southern African country rich in critical minerals

Zambia holds an election on Thursday to decide if President Hakainde Hichilema gets a second five-year term as reward for his economic recovery plan in the southern African nation.

FILE -Esther Lungu, widow of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu, center, and family members attend a Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

A former Zambian president’s family can finally choose where he’s buried after yearlong legal battle

Zambian President Edgar Lungu attends the Southern African Development Community's leaders' conference in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, file)

South Africa court weighs feud over the body of Zambia’s former President Lungu

FILE -Esther Lungu, widow of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu, center, and family members attend a Mass at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe), File)

Why a bitter political feud has left a former Zambian president unburied 10 months after his death

FILE -A supporter arrives for a Mass for former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, shown in a banner at right, at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

A court orders Zambian government to return ex-president’s body to a funeral home in bizarre dispute

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Zambia is heading to the polls for its eighth general election on Thursday since the country returned to multiparty democracy in 1991.

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A portrait of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, who died more than eight months ago in South Africa, is displayed on a wall in Lusaka, Zambia, Thursday, Feb.12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rodney Muhumuza)

A macabre dispute has kept the body of Zambia’s former president unburied for months

Chinese Premier Li Qiang enters a hall for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 18, 2025. (Ramil Sitdikov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Chinese premier’s visit to Zambia focuses on reviving a Cold War-era railway to help mineral access

Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Bid for former Zambian President Lungu to be buried in South Africa is denied

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema listens during the closing session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, June 23, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, Pool, File)

2 men sentenced to prison in Zambia for plotting to kill the president with witchcraft

FILE -A supporter arrives for a Mass for former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, shown in a banner at right, at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe), File)

South African court tells Zambian ex-president’s family to hand over body for burial at home

CORRECTS CITY - Seer Atukung Tafala speaks during an interview with The Associated Press outside his igloo-like shrine in Mbale, Uganda, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

In African politics, the rampant belief in witchcraft fortifies some and vexes others

Zambian President Edgar Lungu attends the Southern African Development Community's leaders' conference in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, file)

Zambia’s ex-President Lungu will be buried in South Africa due to family’s feud with Zambia

Zambian President Edgar Lungu attends the Southern African Development Community's leaders' conference in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, file)

Funeral standoff halts repatriation of former Zambian president’s body

Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has died at 68

Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema speaks during the Lobito Corridor Trans-Africa Summit at the Carrinho food processing factory near Lobito, Angola, on Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)

A witchcraft case involving Zambia’s president brings scrutiny of a colonial-era law and traditions

Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema speaks during the Lobito Corridor Trans-Africa Summit at the Carrinho food processing factory near Lobito, Angola, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Zambian police arrest 2 over alleged plot to bewitch President Hichilema

Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

A Zambian court rules former leader Lungu can’t run for president again in 2026

FILE - Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema addresses a press conference at his residence in Lusaka, Zambia, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, declared the country’s debilitating drought a national disaster and emergency, saying it has devastated food production and electricity generation as the nation battles to recover from a recent deadly cholera outbreak. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Fresh from a deadly cholera outbreak, Zambia declares drought a national emergency

FILE — Former Zambian President Rupiah Banda at the State House in Lusaka, Zambia. June 10, 2011. Zambia has declared seven days of national mourning following the death of the country's fourth president, Rupiah Banda, at the age of 85. Banda, who was president from 2008 until 2011, died Friday, March 11, 2022, after a long battle with colon cancer, his son Andrew Banda has confirmed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Zambia declares mourning after the death of former president

Zambian outgoing President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, right, hands over the instruments of power to his successor, President Hakainde Hichilema during his inauguration ceremony at Heroes Stadium in Lusaka, Zambia, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. Zambia’s new president, longtime opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, has been sworn into power on Tuesday, raising hopes in the southern African country that in recent years has swung from prosperity and stability to massive debt, recession and repression. Hichilema told a cheering crowd that he would deliver a “united, prosperous and equitable Zambia.” (AP Photo)

Zambia’s parliament elects first female speaker amid changes

Zambian outgoing President Edgar Chagwa Lungu, right, hands over the instruments of power to his successor, President Hakainde Hichilema during his inauguration ceremony at Heroes Stadium in Lusaka, Zambia, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. Zambia’s new president, longtime opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, has been sworn into power on Tuesday, raising hopes in the southern African country that in recent years has swung from prosperity and stability to massive debt, recession and repression. Hichilema told a cheering crowd that he would deliver a “united, prosperous and equitable Zambia.” (AP Photo)

Zambians cheer inauguration of new leader Hakainde Hichilema

Supporters of Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema remove campaign posters of Zambian President Edgar Lungu from street poles in Lusaka, Zambia, Monday Aug, 16, 2021. Hichilema has won the southern African country's presidency after taking more than 50% of the vote. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zambia celebrates peaceful transfer of power after elections

Supporters of Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema celebrate on the streets of Lusaka, Zambia, Monday Aug, 16, 2021. Hichilema has won the southern African country's presidency after taking more than 50% of the vote. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

‘A new day': Opposition leader elected president in Zambia

Supporters of main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema on the streets of Lusaka, Zambia, Sunday Aug, 15, 2021. Supporters of Zambian opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema have begun celebrating as early election results show him leading in the tightly-fought, tense presidential race. But President Edgar Lungu signaled that he may not accept defeat by asserting that the elections had not been free and fair in three provinces seen as opposition strongholds. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zambia’s opposition leader takes lead in presidential poll

Supporters of Zambia's main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema gather outside the party's offices, in Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021. Early election results in Zambia show opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema ahead in a tight, tense race while the national Electoral Commission has urged people to wait for the final official results to avoid any unrest. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Celebrations as Zambian opposition candidate leads in count

The main opposition leader and presidential candidate, Haikainde Hichilema addresses a press conference in Lusaka, Zambia, Wednesday Aug, 11, 2021. Hichilema called for a peaceful election and for the military to respect the will of the people ahead of Zambia's presidential elections Thursday. Zambia's standing as one of Africas most stable democracies is being tested this week as President Edgar Lungu seeks re-election. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zambia’s opposition leader warns of tensions ahead of polls

Zambian President Edgar Lungu is seen after officially opening a terminal at the Kenneth Kaunda International airport in Lusaka, Zambia, Monday, Aug, 9, 2021. Zambia's standing as one of Africa's most stable democracies is threatened by the vote this week, in which incumbent Lungu is seeking re-election. A tight race is expected against frequent opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilima and some analysts say the presidential election will be a stern test for Zambia no matter who wins. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zambian president warns of growing tensions ahead of polls

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