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LUSAKA: Zambian President Edgar Lungu (pix) said Sunday he has ordered the deployment of the military to quell electoral violence ahead of elections on August 12.“Maintaining law and order is a daily chore of the police, but sometimes they need help from other security wings,“ Lungu said.In several parts of the country, supporters of the ruling Patriotic Front (PF) and the United Party for National Development (UPND) opposition have clashed using machetes, axes, slashers, catapults and other objects.Violence has been reported in the Zambian capital Lusaka as well as Northern, Southern and Muchinga provinces.“In order to curb the political violence we have witnessed in the past two days, I ha

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