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Latest information reaching our outfit indicates that Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's first president and one of the last generation of the age of African pioneers who battled colonialism, has passed on at age 97. Kaunda was reportedly admitted to a tactical medical clinic in the capital, Lusaka, on Monday experiencing pneumonia. His associates said he didn't have Covid-19. During the 1950s, Kaunda was a critical figure in what was then Northern Rhodesia's freedom development from Britain. He became president following…

The President of Zambia Edgar Lungu fainted on Sunday during the country's televised official annual ceremony for the National Defence Forces Day. The 64-year-old head of state who is running for re-election in August, suffers from the rare disease achalasia. The condition affects the oesophagus and causes hypoglycaemic attacks. According to Dr. Miti during the observation of the 45th Defence Force Day Commemoration and Investiture Ceremony, the President experienced sudden ''sudden dizziness'' but recovered…