Zambian opposition leader wins presidential election by landslide

Zambia’s main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema overcame 15 years of obstacles to achieve a landslide victory early Monday in the country’s presidential election.

Hichilema, an economist fondly known as HH, of the United Party for National Development (UPND), received 2,810,757 votes, beating his closest rival and incumbent Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front (PF), who garnered 1,840,201 votes.

He is the seventh elected president of Zambia since independence in 1964.