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Debt crisis to overshadow Zambia's high stakes election

Self-made businessman Hakainde Hichilema has bid for the presidency five times already

Although elections won't be held in Zambia for another 10 months, the battle lines already being drawn over the country's debt woes could make them the issue to topple the longtime incumbent.

Presidential and parliamentary polls on August 12, 2021 will mark the sixth attempt by opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, 58, to claim the top job.

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