ZAMBIA: PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE WARNS OF DEEPENING POLITICAL DIVIDE

   Fri, 25 June 2021

As Zambia’s general election date approaches, a confluence of factors has driven widespread political frustrations and led to a heightened risk of violence and civil unrest in the weeks and days surrounding the vote. The latest PANGEA-RISK pre-elections report assesses opaque campaign financing and political spending, politicisation of the death of the country’s first president, and triggers for a broader outbreak of violence ahead of the elections in August.

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