Zambia's former president Rupiah Banda has appeared in court charged with abuse of authority relating to an oil deal with the Nigerian government. CLEAN : Former Zambian president in court over abu on February 10, 2014 in Lusaka, Zambia...

Morocco take on holders Zambia on Tuesday in a warm up which coach Rachid Taoussi hopes will provide his young side with a cohesiveness ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations. CLEAN : Football Morocco search for Cup on January 07, 2013 in...

Students in Zambia protest outside the South African embassy in Lusaka against the rise of xenophobic attacks in South Africa (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

CLEAN: Exterior driving shot tracking past queue of lorries and monkeys wandering along the road, at the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia on 3rd June 2019 in Zimbabwe.

Zambias president Edgar Lungu denies stifling the rights of opposition leaders saying authorities who refused permits for them to assemble and meet supporters were working within the law (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

CLEAN: Exterior point-of-view shots from a speedboat along the Zambezi River with hippos wading on 30 November 2019 in Livingstone, Zambia

CLEAN: Exterior point-of-view shots from a speedboat along the Zambezi River with hippos wading on 30 November 2019 in Livingstone, Zambia

CLEAN: Exterior point-of-view shots from a speedboat along the Zambezi River with wading birds and crocodiles on banks on 30 November 2019 in Livingstone, Zambia

CLEAN: Exterior shots of elephants grazing on the banks of the Zambezi River on 30 November 2019 in Livingstone, Zambia

CLEAN: Exterior point of view aerial shots from a microlight of the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls as water flow levels in the river hit their lowest levels in 40 years on 30 November 2019 in Livingstone, Zambia

CLEAN: Exterior point-of-view shots from a speedboat along the Zambezi River with hippos wading on 30 November 2019 in Livingstone, Zambia

A growing number of Zambians are falling victim to the double whammy of a macro-economic crisis combined with the coronavirus pandemic (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Zambian shopkeepers comment on the state of the country's economy as President Edgar Lungu unveils an economic recovery plan for the debt-burdened country (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Newspapers in Zambia report on the death of their nation's founding father and first president Kenneth Kaunda (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Lusaka residents react to the death of Zambia's founding president Kenneth Kaunda who died at the age of 97, the government announced, days after he was admitted to hospital with pneumonia (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

After casting his ballot, Zambian opposition presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema says he's concerned about the slowness of the general election as thousands of people are still waiting to vote (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Zambians start voting in a general election after a tense campaign dominated by economic woes, a debt crisis and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Zambia's President Edgar Lungu, 64, lost August 12 elections against his rival Hakainde Hichilema, who will take office on Tuesday. Economic woes and Lungu's repression of freedoms contributed to his defeat (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema takes the oath of office in front of thousands of supporters in the Heroes Stadium in the capital Lusaka (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Zambia's founding president Kenneth Kaunda ruled for 27 years from independence from Britain in 1964. He died on June 17 aged 97 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Zambia's ruling Patriotic Front (PF) has "no doubt" it will win the upcoming national elections (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Zambia's ruling party, the Patriotic Front, holds a virtual rally at a government complex in the capital Lusaka, attended in person by select supporters (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Zambian President Edgar Lungu stood for re-election on August 12 but with 155 of 156 constituencies reporting, official results showed his main rival Hakainde Hichilema had captured a landslide of 2,810,757 votes against 1,814,201 for...

Lusaka residents react on the streets of the capital after Zambian business tycoon and veteran opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema scored a landslide victory in bitterly-contested presidential elections (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)