# Hichilema wins second term as president of copper-rich Zambia

https://mins.news/en/item/24747

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-18 04:07 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/18/08-18-26-zambia-elections-sv?traffic_source=rss

> Zambia’s Hakainde Hichilema has won re-election with 60 percent of the vote. The count was briefly halted after attacks on election officials. Zambia is Africa’s second-largest copper producer, and the metal is vital to the global energy transition and keenly contested by China and the US.

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