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*'''2015 Jan 24''' - Opposition leader [[Hakainde Hichilema]] holds a briefing in which he described the Jan 20 election as a sham. | *'''2015 Jan 24''' - Opposition leader [[Hakainde Hichilema]] holds a briefing in which he described the Jan 20 election as a sham. | ||
*'''2015 Jan 20''' - Zambia holds [[Zambian presidential election, 2015|presidential elections]]. The winner of the election will serve out the remainder of late President [[Michael Sata]]’s term until elections next year. Patriotic Front candidate [[Edgar Lungu]] (58) received 48.3 percent of the vote, while [[Hakainde Hichilema]] (52) of the [[United Party for National Development]] came in second with 46.7 percent after votes were tallied from all [[List of Zambian parliamentary constituencies|150 constituencies]]. | *'''2015 Jan 20''' - Zambia holds [[Zambian presidential election, 2015|presidential elections]]. The winner of the election will serve out the remainder of late President [[Michael Sata]]’s term until elections next year. Patriotic Front candidate [[Edgar Lungu]] (58) received 48.3 percent of the vote, while [[Hakainde Hichilema]] (52) of the [[United Party for National Development]] came in second with 46.7 percent after votes were tallied from all [[List of Zambian parliamentary constituencies|150 constituencies]]. | ||
*'''2014 Nov 21''' - Ruling [[Patriotic Front]] said it has suspended | *'''2014 Nov 21''' - Ruling [[Patriotic Front]] said it has suspended acting president [[Guy Scott]] as acting head of the party for "unconstitutional conduct", in the latest twist of a bitter power struggle ahead of a January election. | ||
*'''2014 Oct 29''' - [[Guy Scott]] becomes | *'''2014 Oct 29''' - [[Guy Scott]] becomes acting president after the death of [[Zambia]]'s fifth president, [[Michael Sata]]'s. | ||
*'''2014 Oct 28''' - President [[Michael Sata|Sata]] dies in a London hospital at the age of 77. | *'''2014 Oct 28''' - President [[Michael Sata|Sata]] dies in a London hospital at the age of 77. | ||
*'''2014 Oct 24''' - At least 26 people died, most of them children, when a ferry capsized on [[Lake Kariba]]. | *'''2014 Oct 24''' - At least 26 people died, most of them children, when a ferry capsized on [[Lake Kariba]]. | ||
