Zambia goes to the polls amongst COVID-19 considerations
Zambia goes to the polls on Thursday to vote for a new president and member of the National Assembly.
The vote comes at a challenging time for the copper-rich nation, which is currently struggling with a serious economic crisis on top of political tensions and severe coronavirus restrictions.
There are 16 names on the ballot papers for the president, but the race is expected to be a close head-to-head between incumbent Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front (PF) and main opposition candidate Hakainde…