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Hakainde Hichilema says in his inauguration address he will deal with the high cost of living.

Long-suffering politicians hope to copy Hakainde Hichilema, who was elected at his sixth time attempt.

The country's first female president recently told the BBC about facing gender discrimination.

Barakat, or blessing, is the first film in Afrikaaps - a dialect of Afrikaans spoken in Cape Town.

Despite a huge military budget, oil-rich Algeria is ill-equipped to tackle annual fires.