In an especially troubled week, while the world's media was transfixed by the chaos unfolding in Afghanistan, another country where power was changing hands, and where people feared the worst, managed to turn a potential tragedy into a triumph. #Zambia That country is #Zambia, which kept its promise to hold peaceful elections & avoid the bloodshed which many had predicted. Ahead of campaigning, an official peace pledge was signed on 14 July by the ruling Patriotic Front and leaders of opposition parties.