{
  "id": 878776,
  "title": "Presidential vote counting halted in Zambia over attacks on polling staff",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/presidential-vote-counting-halted-in-zambia-over-attacks-on-polling",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T13:44:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/presidential-vote-counting-halted-in-zambia-over-attacks-on-polling-staff"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Zambia’s electoral commission has suspended the counting of votes from Thursday’s presidential, parliamentary and local elections over alleged attacks on polling staff. The authority said the process would be halted nationwide with immediate effect as it expressed concern over reports of violence that had “resulted in the theft of marked ballot papers in ballot boxes”. […]",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Zambia suspends vote count after violence",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/zambia-suspends-vote-count-after-violence",
        "published": "2026-08-14T10:56:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Zambia suspends vote count nationwide amid reports of violence, ballot theft",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/zambia-suspends-vote-count-nationwide-amid-reports-of-violence-ballot",
        "published": "2026-08-14T11:57:23.000Z"
      }
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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."
}