2017 State of emergency
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Zambia is under a state of emergency, which was announced by President Lungu on 5 July by invoking Article 31 of the Zambian constitution.[1] This proclamation was the then taken before parliament in order to seek parliament's approval to impose a state of emergency after fire gutted Zambia's biggest market which was said to have been politically motivated arson. Amos Chanda stated that the state of national emergency was deemed necessary to restore public order and that civil liberties such as free movement had not been suspended.[1]
