Zambia declares mourning after the death of former president
2 years, 9 months ago

Zambia declares mourning after the death of former president

Associated Press  

LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambia has declared seven days of national mourning following the death of the country’s fourth president, Rupiah Banda, at the age of 85. President Hakainde Hichilema declared the period of national mourning and said that Banda’s state funeral will be held Thursday and he will be buried Friday at the presidential burial site at Embassy Park. Banda became president following the death of his predecessor Levy Mwanawasa who had earlier brought him out of political retirement to become vice president. Civil society activist Laura Miti tweeted, “the death of president Rupiah Banda feels like being orphaned or when the last of your parents’ siblings dies … who will be the adult in the room?”

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Zambia’s 1st president, Kenneth Kaunda, dies at age 97
3 years, 6 months ago

Zambia’s 1st president, Kenneth Kaunda, dies at age 97

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LUSAKA, Zambia — Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president and a champion of African nationalism who spearheaded the fights to end white minority rule across southern Africa, has died at the age of 97. Kaunda came to prominence as a leader of the campaign to end colonial rule of his country, then known as Northern Rhodesia, and was elected the first …

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