{
  "id": 767670,
  "title": "Zambians voting as president bids for second term",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/zambians-voting-as-president-bids-for-second-term-767670",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T12:45:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBC",
    "slug": "kbc",
    "url": "https://www.kbc.co.ke/zambians-voting-as-president-bids-for-second-term/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Zambians are voting in an election to choose a president and parliament, with more than eight million voters registered to cast their ballots. Polls opened at 06:00 local time (04:00 GMT) and are due to close at 1800. The vote is seen as a test of Zambia’s reputation as one of Africa’s most stable democracies, […] The post Zambians voting as president bids for second term appeared first on KBC…",
  "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."
}