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17 Killed in Zambia Truck Accident

Seventeen people died on Monday in southern Zambia when a light truck they were in hit a shop before turning over, a police chief said.

Southern province police commissioner Mary Chikwanda told AFP that a Canter truck carrying mainly fishermen from the capital Lusaka to Monze failed to stop at a traffic light and hit a Shoprite store in Mazabuka before overturning.

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Zambian President Discharged from South Africa Hospital

Zambian President Edgar Lungu was discharged from hospital on Saturday after undergoing a medical procedure in South Africa following his collapse at a public event, his office said.

"President Lungu, who was admitted to a Pretoria hospital, has today been discharged after specialist doctors certified (him) fit to resume full duties," press aide Amos Chanda said.

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Zambia's Top Prosecutor Drops Charges against Self

Zambia's top prosecutor on Friday stunned a magistrate when he refused to prosecute himself on charges of abuse of office and declared himself a free man.

"I am the director of public prosecution of the republic of Zambia and I have decided to enter a nolle prosequi against all the charges," Mutembo Nchito told the magistrate from the dock, using the Latin term for refusing to pursue a case.

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Zambia's New Leader Drops White Vice President

Zambia’s newly-elected President Edgar Lungu dropped vice president Guy Scott -- who was briefly Africa's only white leader -- from his administration when he announced his cabinet on Monday.

As interim president since the death in office of Michael Sata in October, Scott had been the first white leader on the continent since the end of apartheid 20 years ago.

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Zambia's New President Lungu Sworn into Office

Zambia's new President Edgar Lungu was sworn in Sunday to become the country's sixth president after narrowly winning a vote rejected by the opposition.

Lungu placed his hand on a bible to pledge allegiance to the people of Zambia in front of thousands of jubilant supporters, regional heads of state and diplomats.

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Defense Minister Edgar Lungu Wins Zambia Vote

Defense Minister Edgar Lungu of Zambia's ruling Patriotic Front has won the country's presidential election in a tightly fought race marred by delays, the electoral commission announced Saturday.

Lungu won with a slim 48.33 percent majority, closely followed by his rival Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development (UPND) with 46.67 percent of the vote.

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Zambia Vote Extended into Third Day

Zambian police fired tear gas Wednesday to disperse about 100 supporters of the leading opposition candidate, as a hotly-contested presidential election was extended into a third day.

A number of Hakainde Hichilema's supporters in the United Party for National Development were arrested and bundled into a police van, an AFP correspondent saw.

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Zambian Police Fire Tear Gas after Poll Results Suspended

Zambian police fired tear gas Wednesday to disperse about 100 supporters of the leading opposition candidate in a hotly-contested presidential election race after the announcement of results was suspended.

A number of Hakainde Hichilema's supporters in the United Party for National Development were arrested and bundled into a police van, an AFP correspondent saw.

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Boats, Oxen Deployed to Save Zambia's Rain-Hit Election

Boats and ox-wagons were deployed to get ballot papers to parts of Zambia hit by torrential rains as presidential elections were extended for a second day Wednesday.

A planned airlift of ballot papers and polling officers to remote villages on Tuesday was disrupted by "extreme thunderstorms" which grounded flights, election authorities said.

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Claims of Fraud as Zambians Vote for President

One of the frontrunners in Zambia's presidential elections cried fraud just hours after polling stations opened Tuesday in a tightly contested race to replace Michael Sata, who died in office last year.

Opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema, 52, of the United Party for National Development (UPND), said some remote parts of the country had not received ballot papers halfway through the polling day.

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