
Zambian President Lungu Concedes Defeat, Congratulates President-Elect Hakainde Hichilema
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zambian President Edgar Lungu conceded defeat on Monday after a landslide election win by opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, marking the southern African country’s third peaceful handover of power to an opposition party. With all but one of 156 constituencies counted, Hichilema had won 2,810,777 votes against Lungu’s 1,814,201, and the electoral commission…