Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has been cleared by the Constitutional Court to run for another term in office in August's elections.

This was the second time efforts were made to get him barred over the constitutional two-term limit.

Mr. Lungu was first elected president in 2015 in the wake of the death in office of his predecessor Michael Sata. But, in line with Zambia's constitution, he only served the remainder of Sata's term before running and winning the 2016 election.

In other words, 2016 to 2021 is his first full term.

The judge said that the opposition's case had "no merit".