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Zambia 2026: Beyond the ballot did SADC duck the election crisis? (SAPES Dialogue forum presentation)
Zambia’s 2026 election delivered Hakainde Hichilema a decisive victory, but exposed troubling weaknesses in electoral transparency and institutional trust. Dr Blessing Vava argues that the deeper test now lies with SADC: whether regional election observation can evolve from documenting democratic shortcomings to ensuring they are actually corrected.
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