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/ 1 November 2008
Opposition leader Michael Sata was still leading on Saturday in Zambia’s polls, but acting President Rupiah Banda appeared to be narrowing the gap.
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/ 30 October 2008
Zambians went to the polls on Thursday to elect a new president, with police and soldiers on alert for fear of violence.
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/ 29 October 2008
Zambian police went on high alert on Wednesday as the country geared up for final campaign rallies.
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/ 26 October 2008
Zambians vote on Thursday to name a successor to the late president Levy Mwanawasa, in a contest between a retired diplomat and a populist.
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/ 15 September 2008
Political analysts believe that Rupiah Banda, the presidential candidate for the governing Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, will be easily elected.
Zambia faces uncertainty after the death of Levy Mwanawasa earlier this week, writes Robert Chisanza.
Zambia’s governing Movement for Multiparty Democracy party is suffering a growing leadership crisis after President Levy Mwanawasa’s recent stroke.
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.”
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/ 11 November 2007
Zambia has temporarily withdrawn the passport of opposition leader Michael Sata, an arch-critic of Lusaka’s key ally Beijing who has been lobbying against the Chinese juggernaut in Africa, a minister said on Saturday. He told reporters that Sata’s passport was withdrawn with immediate effect to allow a probe.