Zambia arrests 133 protesters after contested election

Zambian Police have arrested 133 people protesting against the re-election of President Edgar Lungu after his main opponent Hakainde Hichilema said the vote was rigged. 

The Electoral Commission said President  Lungu, leader of the Patriotic Front (PF), won 50- point- three- five percent of the votes, against 47 point six seven percent for Hichilema, of the United Party for National Development (UPND).

Calm has now returned following the arrests. 

President Lungu has been in office for only 19 months after taking power last year when he beat Hichilema by less than 28,000 votes in a snap election after the death in office of President Michael Sata.  

His re-election secures him another five-year term.


SOURCE: ALJAZEERA