# Zambia suspends election vote counting over violence reports

https://mins.news/en/item/22140

- France 24, 2026-08-14 11:57 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260814-zambia-suspends-election-vote-counting-over-reports-of-violence

> Zambia’s electoral commission said Friday that counting in Thursday’s presidential and parliamentary elections had been suspended for at least 24 hours because of “violence”.

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