Who wants to be president?

Even before the president, who died on August 19 in Paris, is buried and his mourning period is over, the search for his successor has started.

Death of a president

Zambia faces uncertainty after the death of Levy Mwanawasa earlier this week, writes Robert Chisanza.

Zambian opposition leader stable after heart attack

Zambia's main opposition leader Michael Sata was in a stable condition in Johannesburg's Milpark hospital on Saturday after having a heart attack. "He is in the cardiac care unit ...," said hospital spokesperson Amelda Swartz. "He is going to have an angiogram this afternoon."

'Mosquitoes don't stop at borders'

In advance of World Malaria Day on Friday, several African countries have called for a joint international initiative to combat the disease that kills more than one million people each year, mostly young children in Africa. Malaria is still a major public health problem in about 90 countries. Every 30 seconds it kills a child in Africa.

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