{
  "id": 2263291,
  "title": "How Hakainde Hichilema bagged second term in Zambia polls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/how-hakainde-hichilema-bagged-second-term-in-zambia-polls",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T22:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mail and Guardian",
    "slug": "mail-and-guardian",
    "url": "https://mg.co.za/news/africa/2026-08-21-how-hakainde-hichilema-bagged-second-term-in-zambia-polls/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema secured a second term with 60% of the vote, overturning pre-election assumptions that economic pain would lead to a decisive rejection of his government. The election was widely seen as a referendum on his economic reforms, including cuts to fuel and electricity subsidies, which had triggered a jump in the cost of living.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}