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  In Kenya, oranges have been proudly displayed as the symbol for the Orange Democratic Movement and now in Zambia the watermelon is getting a political makeover. As the country draws closer to elections on 12 August, the fruit is getting lots of mentions by the opposition. Why? You may ask. It all has to do with party colours. The colour of the governing party, the Patriotic Front (PF), is green, while that of the largest opposition - the United Party for National Development (UPND) - is red. In the run-up to the vote there have been incidents of violence on both sides.

If the political Opposition resolves to fight back, it is likely that the new republic will gain in the long term

•Edo chapter expels Afegbua for anti-party Chuks Okocha in Abuja Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to leave their party alone and not turn the anti-graft agency into a witch-hunting tool against opposition political parties. Similarly, 36 states chairmen of the PDP and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have also advised the EFCC to trade within its limit as venturing into political witch-hunt was outside the constitutional mandate of the anti-graft agency, saying only the Independent Natio...

This applies in varying degrees to candidates at higher levels and the same effect trickles down to the lower levels

Zambia’s Edgar Lungu seeks re-election Tuesday May 18 2021 Advertisement Lusaka, Zambian President Edgar Lungu filed his nomination Monday seeking re-election after a court petition to block him failed. His critics still argued he was not eligible to contest the election as that would amount to a “third term.” The country’s Constitutional Court earlier ruled that he was eligible to run for president again. Critics had argued that he became head of state following the death of President Michael Sata in the middle of his term in office. President Sata died in 2014 after three years in ...