WEDNESDAY, 5.30PM
ZAMBIAN riot police fired teargas at demonstators in Lusaka, and arrested 18 supporters of former president Kenneth Kaunda, including some senior members of his United National Independence Party (UNIP).
Unip members had assembled outside their party headquarters for a march on the offices of two state-controlled newspapers, which they accuse of biased reporting.
Kaunda, who was inside the party headquarters, was quickly moved away by his security men. Tensions rose after the teargas attack and shops were closed. Police reported stone-throwing incidents.
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