State funeral for Zambian president

Tens of thousands of Zambians attend a state funeral for President Michael Sata, who died last month in a UK hospital at the age of 77.

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Zambian President, Edgar Lungu
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The newly elected Zambian President, Edgar Lungu, has announced that he will meet President Jakaya Kikwete soon in bilateral talks aimed at resolving the operational problems facing the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara). “The Tanzanian head of states ...

Zambian President Edgar Lungu leaves hospital in South Africa following throat surgery.

Zambia's President Michael Sata, 77, dies in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, family sources say.

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Zambian President Michael Sata has died at the age of 77 after receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, the government says.President Sata, who was being treated in the UK, died in London's King Edward VII hospital on Tuesday night.Media said that he died after "a sudden onset [of] heightened heart rate".It is not immediately clear who will succeed the president. The issue may be decided by the Zambian cabinet which meets on Wednesday morning."It is with a heavy heart that I announce...

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President Kikwete receives full state honours
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President Uhuru Kenyatta Monday accorded Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete full honours when he formally received him at State House, Nairobi. President Kikwete received a 21-gun salute with the Kenya Army band playing the national anthems of ...
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 President Dr.Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete meets the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington D.C. this morning and held bilateral talks on cementing further diplomatic and economic cooperation between the two countries. President Kikwete is in the US for a working visit whereby among other things he is expected to address the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in New York Photos by Freddy Maro