Zambia's President-elect Hakainde Hichilema has been sworn in for his second term as the country's president.
Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah joined several other African heads of state to witness the inauguration ceremony.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is back home after attending the inauguration of Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema in Lusaka.
She says Namibia and Zambia have agreed to strengthen cooperation, particularly in infrastructure development.
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah says Hakainde Hichilema’s renewed mandate to lead Zambia comes with a “profound responsibility” to govern in the interests of all citizens, strengthen democratic institutions and preserve peace and unity.
Zambia's President-elect Hakainde Hichilema has called for unity and peace following his re-election.
Supporters of the United Party for National Development, whose president emerged victorious in the just-ended elections, have continued celebrating across the country.
Incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema remains in the lead in the 49 out of 226 constituencies announced so far, as the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) continues announcing results of Zambia's Thursday elections.
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has taken an early lead in the Presidential Election results announced so far.
The Zambian High Commission to Namibia has opened a book of condolences for its late former vice president, Guy Scott.
As declared by incumbent President Hakainde Hichilema on Thursday, the Zambian flag is flying at half mast.
The environment is sombre.
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema has accorded that country's former Vice President Guy Scott, who died on Wednesday, a five-day period of national mourning.
The 82-year-old Zambian-born Guy Lindsay Scott was at some point the first and only white president of an independent African country.
At least 14 presidential candidates, out of the initial 27 who paid the equivalent of approximately N$100,000 nomination fee, have made it onto the final ballot list for Zambia’s August general elections.
With only about a month before general elections, Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema on Sunday made a pledge of lowering the cost of living, among others.
