The president Zambia became Hakainde Hichilema

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Hakainde Hichilema. Photo information agency "Reuters" on August 16, Minsk / BELTA/Correspondent. The candidate from leading opposition party Zambia Hakainde Hichilema is declared on the night of Monday by the winner of presidential election. About it reports information agency "ITAR-TASS" with reference to information agency "Agence France-Presse". Hakainde Hichilema won, having collected more than 2,8 million votes and having outstripped the incumbent president Edgar Chagva Lungu who leads the country since 2015. Sunday afternoon the electoral commission presented results after calculation of bulletins in 82 constituencies from 156. At that time Hakainde Hichilema had support of 58,5% of voters, Edgar Chagva Lungu - 36,5...