We resolved this issue for everyone, and we apologize for any inconvenience,” the company stated. “Earlier today, a technical issue caused people to have trouble accessing some Facebook services. According to the service, 68 percent of the users reported that their news feed was no functional, while 16 percent of users said they had issues with login, while 14 percent of users could not access the website.
According to Downdetector, there were 12,098 reports of the photo-sharing service being unavailable at 10:52 PM IST, while there were only eight reports half an hour ago. However, around 11:00 PM, users also began to tweet that they could not access Instagram. Instagram also seems to be down for many users. “We will hold accountable any individuals who promote violence, who undermine electoral processes, who engage in fraudulent or corrupt behavior or otherwise violate democratic rights or the foundations of democratic elections,” said David Young, charge d’affaires at the U.S. warned this week it will consider sanctions if there is wrongdoing in the vote. The soldiers are hardly visible in Lusaka, and are only there to ensure peace, Chanda said.
The incident prompted Lungu to deploy the army to patrol parts of the country to prevent further violence. The police blamed Hichilema’s party for the death last month of two Patriotic Front supporters in Kanyama, west of Lusaka.
The public broadcaster is mandated to cover Lungu’s announcements as president, he said. Restrictions on movement to help contain the spread of Covid-19 were applied equally to all parties Amos Chanda, a ruling Patriotic Front spokesman, said by phone on Wednesday. The ruling party denied electoral-campaign rules had been unfair. With the economy the biggest issue in the election, it provides United Party for National Development leader Hichilema - a 59-year-old businessman who’s unsuccessfully run for president five times - his best chance of victory. Whoever wins will need to revive an economy in default on its Eurobonds and secure a long sought-after bailout deal with the International Monetary Fund. Investors are keenly awaiting the outcome of the ballot. “Opposition leaders have been attacked by ruling party cadres and prevented from appearing on private and community radio stations.” “The playing field certainly hasn’t been level,” said Linda Kasonde, executive director of the Chapter One Foundation, a local civil rights organization. While main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema’s movements were curbed 64-year-old Lungu dominated state media coverage and his party stands accused of using coronavirus restrictions to its advantage.
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ALSO READ: How to use the new image editing features on WhatsApp Web Some in the queue behind her brought stools to sit on.Īdvocacy groups questioned the fairness of campaigns in the run-up to the vote. and was yet to cast her vote by early afternoon. Mukuka Nalwamba, 30, arrived at the Arthur Wina Primary School in the southeast of Lusaka before 4 a.m. Information Permanent Secretary Amos Malupenga didn’t answer four calls to his mobile phone seeking comment. Social media platforms and messaging apps were restricted on multiple internet providers according to NetBlocks, a London-based monitoring agency. The result is expected within three days. and early results may start coming through on Friday along with indications of official turnout numbers. Voting stations were due to close at 6 p.m. The high turnout of largely younger voters may not be good news for President Edgar Lungu’s hopes for a third consecutive victory according to Phiri, particularly as the moribund economy with surging inflation and youth unemployment have become central to the election. “It’s unprecedented in the history of voting in Zambia.” “The numbers are very overwhelming,” he said by phone. That could suggest the turnout in Thursday’s general election could be the highest since the 1991 ballot that marked the return to multi-party democracy in Africa’s second-biggest copper producer according to University of Zambia History Professor Bizeck Phiri. Queues in parts of the capital, Lusaka, extended for hundreds of meters (yards). Zambia restricted access to WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media platforms while voters in record numbers waited for as long as 10 hours to cast ballots in a tense presidential race.
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