# Zambia suspends election vote counting over reported violence

https://mins.news/en/item/22323

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-14 15:40 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/14/zambia-suspends-vote-counting-in-election-citing-violence?traffic_source=rss

> Zambia’s electoral commission suspended vote counting nationwide on Friday after reports of attacks on polling officials and the theft of some ballot papers. It said the decision would be reviewed within 24 hours.

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