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Southern Africa

Zambian opposition denies arson, says government plotting against it

United Party for National Development (UPND) Presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema looks on during a rally in Lusaka, January 18, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Rogan Ward
United Party for National Development (UPND) Presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema looks on during a rally in Lusaka, January 18, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Rogan Ward
24/04/2017

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's main opposition party, whose leader has been arrested and charged with treason, accused the government on Monday of trying to frame it for arson as an excuse for greater political suppression.

Zambian opposition leader's lawyers ask court to throw out treason case

Presidential candidate for the United Party for National Development (UPND) Hakainde Hichilema is pictured during a break from a live television debate in Lusaka, Zambia, January 15, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Rogan Ward
Presidential candidate for the United Party for National Development (UPND) Hakainde Hichilema is pictured during a break from a live television debate in Lusaka, Zambia, January 15, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Rogan Ward
By Chris Mfula
19/04/2017

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Lawyers for a Zambian opposition party leader accused of trying to overthrow the government asked a court on Wednesday to throw out the case, saying the state charges were vague and ambiguous.

Zambian opposition leader charged with trying to overthrow government

Hakainde Hichilema speaks during a live television debate in Lusaka, Zambia, January 15, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Rogan Ward
Hakainde Hichilema speaks during a live television debate in Lusaka, Zambia, January 15, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Rogan Ward
By Chris Mfula
18/04/2017

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, arrested last week on suspicion of treason, was charged in a magistrate's court on Tuesday with trying to overthrow the government.

Zambia president will not intervene in opposition leader's treason case

Zambia's President Edgar Lungu. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
Zambia's President Edgar Lungu. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
15/04/2017

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zambian President Edgar Lungu will not intervene in the treason case against opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, he told a public rally late on Friday.

Zambia denies detained opposition leader barred access to lawyers

Presidential candidate for the United Party for National Development (UPND) Hakainde Hichilema speaks during a live television debate in Lusaka, January 15, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Rogan Ward
Presidential candidate for the United Party for National Development (UPND) Hakainde Hichilema speaks during a live television debate in Lusaka, January 15, 2015. PHOTO BY REUTERS/Rogan Ward
By Chris Mfula
13/04/2017

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian police denied on Thursday that opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema had been refused access to his lawyers and family since his arrest this week but his attorney insisted this was the case in an intensifying political crisis.

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