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AFP (File photo) / Hakainde Hichilema has been in custody since April
Zambian authorities have barred foreign journalists from a court where opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema is appearing on treason charges.
A senior court official, Neto Zulu, told AFP that the journalists’ accreditation had been withdrawn.
“We initially withdrew the cards to activate the barcodes in good faith [but] unfortunately your applications have now been rejected.”
Mr Hichilema has been in custody since April after he was accused of endangering the life of President Edgar Lungu when a convoy he was travelling in failed to give way to the president’s motorcade.
A lawyer from Mr Hichilema’s United Party for National Development told AFP that the party expected the charges to be dropped.
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