Zambia’s president-elect Hakainde Hichilema. Photo: AFP
Zambia’s president-elect Hakainde Hichilema. Photo: AFP

Zambia’s election winner expected to push for 20 per cent cut in country’s debt to China

  • Hakainde Hichilema’s landslide victory over President Edgar Lungu may herald a new approach to Chinese investment in the heavily indebted African nation
  • The victor reined back his criticisms of Beijing’s practices on the trail, but will need its main creditor’s help as he tries to rebuild the economy

Zambia’s president-elect Hakainde Hichilema. Photo: AFP
Zambia’s president-elect Hakainde Hichilema. Photo: AFP
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