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  "id": 1651576,
  "title": "World : Zambia’s Hichilema Wins Second Term As President",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/world-zambiaa-s-hichilema-wins-second-term-as-president",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T04:32:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bernama",
    "slug": "bernama",
    "url": "http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2595825"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "LUSAKA (Zambia), Aug 18 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema secured a second term in office with more than 2.9 million votes, the Electoral Commission of Zambia announced early on Tuesday, Anadolu Ajansi reported.",
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      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Zambia's Hichilema wins second presidential term",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/zambias-hichilema-wins-second-presidential-term",
        "published": "2026-08-18T04:03:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Moneyweb",
        "title": "Zambia’s pro-business president secures second term in election",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/zambias-pro-business-president-secures-second-term-in-election",
        "published": "2026-08-18T05:45:38.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}