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Zambia

Levy Patrick Mwanawasa

Date of Birth: 3 September 1948
Place of Birth: Mufulira, Zambia
Died: 19 August 2008


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The Africa Forum

Zambia's current President Levy Mwanawasa was represented by his Defence Minister George Mpombo...


Neighbours undercover

Zambian Vice-President Rupiah Banda who grew up in Zimbabwe and was Foreign Minister under Kenneth Kaunda flew to Harare on 1 August to mend fences between President Levy Mwanawasa (who called Zimbabwe a 'sinking Titanic') and Robert Mugabe...


Vultures over Lusaka

Payments to Donegal were delayed by President Levy Mwanawasa's Justice Minister George Kunda until corruption investigations were concluded...


Trouble in the neighbourhood

Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa's description of Zimbabwe - a 'sinking Titanic' whose passengers were scrambling to safety in neighbouring countries - was a break with the vow of silence traditionally taken by regional leaders about each other's domestic politics...


Regional ructions

In August President Levy Mwanawasa is due to take over the Chairmanship of the Southern African Development Community...


Zambia's big new investments

Munali Nickel Project to produce 900 000 tonnes per annum; the ten-year project will be launched by President Levy Mwanawasa in March...


Enter the capitalists

The next few years are more promising with the $200 million Milyashi mine set to open in 2008 and President Levy Mwanawasa's pet Konkola Deep Mine set to start production in 2010 - in which year the world copper price is expected to decline by up to half due in part to production increases and relative stability in Congo-Kinshasa potentially a huge producer...


Succession sagas

Zambia’s politics in 2007 will be dominated by fights between Michael Sata the populist opposition leader and President Levy Mwanawasa’s ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)...


The Titanic sails at dawn

The polls were wrong and Michael Sata lost to incumbent President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa whose solid 42 per cent of the vote came overwhelmingly from rural areas...


Enter ex-Presidents

President Levy Mwanawasa of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) who is standing for another term has reminded them both that ex-presidents forfeit their pensions if they engage in active politics...


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