Hichilema wins second second term as president of copper-rich Zambia

Hichilema wins second second term as president of copper-rich Zambia Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema has won re-election with 60 percent of the vote, after the count was briefly halted by attacks on election officials. Zambia is Africa’s second-largest producer of copper, a metal vital for the world’s energy transition, keenly contested by China and the US.