>[Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4nz5yngxgo) has come out fighting after a bruising month that saw him come under attack by stone throwers as he was trying to make a speech.
>Video clips of him crouching and then being whisked away from a rally in the Copperbelt province shocked Zambians and many people, irrespective of their political affiliation, condemned what happened.
>But with nine months to go until elections and a run for a second term, the president is under pressure.
>On Tuesday, in his first press conference for 18 months, Hichilema set out to defend his record and laid out his achievements on the key issues of the economy and power generation.
hichilema’s election was one of the big democratic success stories of 2021. seems like he’s been broadly successful at stabilizing zambia’s debt and inflation situation but with a more mixed record on democratic reform and economic development
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>[Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4nz5yngxgo) has come out fighting after a bruising month that saw him come under attack by stone throwers as he was trying to make a speech.
>Video clips of him crouching and then being whisked away from a rally in the Copperbelt province shocked Zambians and many people, irrespective of their political affiliation, condemned what happened.
>But with nine months to go until elections and a run for a second term, the president is under pressure.
>On Tuesday, in his first press conference for 18 months, Hichilema set out to defend his record and laid out his achievements on the key issues of the economy and power generation.
hichilema’s election was one of the big democratic success stories of 2021. seems like he’s been broadly successful at stabilizing zambia’s debt and inflation situation but with a more mixed record on democratic reform and economic development