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Several foreign dignitaries joined Zambians for the state funeral of the country’s first post-independence president Kenneth Kaunda.
Many of the continent’s leading figures have appropriately paid tribute to the memory of Zambia’s first ever president who died on Thursday at the age of 97 years.
The late former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda was the last of a generation of African leaders that fought for the political liberation of the continent during the last half of the 20th century.
Zambia’s first post-independence president Kenneth Kaunda died on Thursday, days after being admitted in hospital for a suspected pneumonia ailment.
Zambia has ordered the closure of schools for the next three weeks and tightened operating conditions for tourism establishments and social gatherings as part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19, a senior official announced on Thursday.
Zambia’s first post-independence president Kenneth Kaunda is being treated for pneumonia at a hospital in Lusaka where he was admitted on Monday.
China’s Huaxin Cement is awaiting regulatory approvals for two transactions under which it plans to acquire controlling stakes in Zambia’s largest cement manufacturer Lafarge Cement Zambia and Pan African Cement of Malawi, APA learnt here on Tuesday.
Zambia’s independence leader Kenneth Kaunda has been hospitalised after being taken ill, his office revealed on Monday.
Zambian President Edgar Lungu collapsed in the capital Lusaka during commemorations of the Defence Force Day on Sunday.
Zambia’s Constitutional Court on Friday ruled that President Edgar Lungu is eligible to contest in general elections set for August 12.