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Kamala Harris’s visit underscores the tricky choices Zambia is making ...

April 13, 2023 no comments

Christopher Vandome, University of the Witwatersrand US Vice-President Kamala Harris’s recent visit to Zambia is an example the country’s increased engagement with Western nations. It gave fresh impe...

Zambians go to elections amid turmoil. What’s at stake

August 13, 2021 no comments

Johan Brosché, Uppsala University and Kristine Höglund, Uppsala University As Zambia prepares to go to the general polls on 12 August, it does so in a context of political decay. It’s also in the mid...

Kenneth Kaunda: the last giant of African nationalism and benign autoc...

June 26, 2021 no comments

Gavin Evans, Birkbeck, University of London Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia, who has died in hospital in the capital, Lusaka, at the age of 97, was the last of the giants of 20th centu...

Why Zambia’s upcoming poll risks tipping the balance against dem...

May 8, 2021 no comments

Nicole Beardsworth, University of Warwick Zambia is one of the fastest eroding democracies in the world. This is according to the Varieties of Democracy Project (V-dem), one of the most trusted sourc...