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Zambia's president dies in France
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| News Date | Tuesday, August 19, 2008 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Zambian leader Levy Mwanawasa has died in a Paris hospital after suffering a stroke in June. He was 59.
Vice-President Rupiah Banda, who is expected to take over as acting leader, made the announcement on state TV.
President Mwanawasa suffered the stroke at an African Union summit in Egypt and was then flown to France, where he had remained in hospital.
He came to prominence recently for being one of the African leaders most critical of the violence in Zimbabwe. |
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