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Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu faces challenge to fix economy

By Al Jazeera
15 September 2016   |   3:58 pm
Countries around the world are being hit by the falling price of commodities – from oil to natural gas, minerals to raw materials. Among them is Zambia. The country's new president Edgar Lungu wants to fix the economy.

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