{
  "id": 4914965,
  "title": "Zambia Charges Its Election Runner-Up With Treason",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/zambia-charges-its-election-runner-up-with-treason",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T17:46:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/zambia-treason-charge-mundubile-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Brian Mundubile, who took about 38% of the vote on 13 August, has been charged with treason along with 17 others. Hichilema is sworn in on 1 September. The post Zambia Charges Its Election Runner-Up With Treason appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}