President Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front (PF) has been declared winner of the most closely fought election Zambia has witnessed since adopting a multiparty system in 1990. One of Zambia’s founding president Kenneth Kaunda’s nation-building strategies after independence was promoting social cohesion through internal migration. Fixing the electoral systemIt took the Electoral Commission of Zambia four days after the polls had closed to announce the final results. The African Union Election Observation Mission to Zambia, headed by former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, declared the polls peaceful and satisfactory. To do this Lungu should build a team of selfless political, technocratic and civic leaders to steer Zambia for the next five years.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 23, 2016 08:48 UTC