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Zambia's main opposition party has launched court action to annul President Edgar Lungu's victory in elections earlier this month.
Its candidate Hakainde Hichelema told BBC Focus in Africa that that the election was stolen from him, and did not reflect the will of the people.
His United Party for National Development (UNDP) had written to the parliamentary speaker asking him to act as president until the outcome of the court case.
Zambia's election commission had declared Mr Lungu the winner by 50.35% to 47.67%, and insisted that the poll was free and fair.
Mr Lungu defeated Mr Hichilema in the previous election, last year, by less than 28,000 votes.
This time, his margin of victory was about 200,000 votes.
Mr Lungu is due to be sworn in next Tuesday.
Source: BBC Africa
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