ZAMBIA CONCOURT

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Zambia's Constitutional Court is expected to deliver judgment today on whether President Edgar Lungu is eligible to contest the August 12 general election. A petition was brought forward by NGOs in the country seeking a nullification of President Lungu's nomination for election as President, as he has already served two terms as the country's president. Earlier, the Court dismissed an application by three foreign-based Zambian lawyers, Professor Chaloka Beyani, Melvin Mbao, and Cephas Lumina, who wanted to join the matter as friends of the court. To find out more on this, Lulu Gaboo spoke to one of the lawyers, Professor Melvin Mbao, Emeritus Professor of Law…