INTERVIEW: Zambia's newly-elected president Hakainde Hichilema has been sworn into office this morning.

59-year-old Hichilema defeated outgoing President Edgar Lungu by almost one million votes.

This was Hichilema’s sixth attempt at becoming ruler of Zambia.

Zambia becomes the second country in southern Africa to transfer its presidency to an opposition candidate.

We now cross to Lusaka and speak to Newton Sibanda who is a journalist and the Secretary of the Press Association in Zambia.