Elections Across the World: Zambia Special

Zambia's August election was billed as a test of one of Africa's most stable democracies. It ended with the arrest of the main opposition candidate, accusations of a staged assassination attempt, a vote count suspended over unverified reports of violence, and questions raised over discrepancies between the presidential and parliamentary vote counts.   In this episode of 

Elections Across the World, Joshua Paisley is joined by Nicole Beardsworth, Professor of Politics at the University of the Witwatersrand, to make sense of the chaotic Zambian Election and what it means for the country's democratic credentials.  

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