Levy Mwanawasa , who died yesterday aged 59, was President of Zambia and one of Africa’s few outspoken critics of Robert Mugabe’s ruinous regime in neighbouring Zimbabwe. Mwanawasa had a furious row ...

LUSAKA, Zambia – Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa died in a French hospital Tuesday at 59, more than six weeks after he was hospitalized for a stroke, the country's vice president said. Mwanawasa had ...

LUSAKA, ZAMBIA — Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who broke the African tradition of silence and solidarity among leaders to denounce neighboring Zimbabwe’s economic ruin, died in a French military ...

Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who broke the African tradition of silence and solidarity among leaders to denounce neighboring Zimbabwe's economic ruin, died in a French military hospital Tuesday.

The death of Zambia’s President Levy Mwanawasa will focus attention on a nation which is often overshadowed by its tumultuous neighbours, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Zambia, which is a portal for ...

Lusaka — Mwanawasa is so frightened of the situation in the country, said FDD president Lieutenant General Christon Tembo yesterday. Reacting to police's refusal to give opposition Patriotic Front ...

Lusaka - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa faces a test of leadership this week when his ruling party convenes for a convention to pick its candidate for next year's presidential election in the ...

Mwanawasa had suffered a stroke and collapsed at an African Union summit in Egypt in June, costing Zimbabweans the voice of one of their few champions on the continent. U.S. President George W. Bush ...

Zambians went to the polls Thursday to elect a new president after disputes among political parties were resolved, an election official said. France said Tuesday that Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa ...

PARIS — The French president’s office says Zambia’s President Levy Mwanawasa has died. He was 59. The statement from President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office did not say how, when or where the Zambian ...