{"id":46106,"date":"2026-09-22T10:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T08:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46106"},"modified":"2026-09-22T12:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T10:53:10","slug":"recent-zambias-election-raises-concern-democracy-trajectory","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/recent-zambias-election-raises-concern-democracy-trajectory\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia\u2019s election raises concern over democracy trajectory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"x_x_aboveBlackLine\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The elections in Zambia have attracted international scrutiny and allegations of diminishing democracy.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">headlines on concerns of alleging shrinking democracy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Issues of concern during the<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_x_aboveBlackLine\" class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">post-electoral period<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">includes arbitrary arrests of opposition leaders on capital offences, killing of a former Minister and other negative developments.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\n<p>These events featured in a discussion in the European Parliament, with an adoption of European Parliament Resolution, with Zambian government being asked to respond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_x_belowBlackLine\">\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">The resolution highlighted concern over what it describes as challenges facing Zambia\u2019s democratic institutions and political environment during and after the recent elections, raising questions about the country\u2019s democratic trajectory.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42614,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-46106","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Elections in Zambia have attracted international scrutiny","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46125,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46106\/revisions\/46125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}