Zambia police arrests over 130 rioting supporters of opposition party United Party for National Development (UPND). Police accuse the opposition of attacking perceived supporters of the president after disputed election result. Riots erupted right after resident Edgar Lungu was declared the winner of a highly-contested vote. The opposition party quickly rejected that result, saying that the electoral commission had colluded to rig the result in favour of Lungu. Supporters of the opposition took the streets in Southern Province and blockaded strategic roads. 

According to the constitution, Lungu's inauguration cannot take place until all electoral doubts are overcome. Police claim that those arrests were needed due to destroying public and pro-government people’s properties ad many other dangerous incidents of using force. So far, Zambia has been one of Africa's most stable democracies although there were skirmishes during campaigning.

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