Zambia's incumbent President Edgar Lungu faces what is expected to be a close vote against challenger Hakainde Hichilema.LUSAKA - Zambians will decide Thursday whether to re-elect President Edgar Lungu after the country's worst economic performance in decades and a crackdown on dissent that has raised fears of unrest.
Hichilema has already narrowly lost to Lungu twice: in a 2015 by-election after the death of ex-president Michael Sata and then in general polls the following year. His Patriotic Front party spokesman Antonio Mwanza, claimed Tuesday that the opposition"is using violence" to"undermine the electoral process" and to intimidate people so they do not turn out in numbers to cast ballots.
Surveys suggest economic hardship has eroded support for Lungu, accused of borrowing unsustainably to finance flashy infrastructure projects, as living costs soared.
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