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  • Ex-Zambia’s president, Banda dies at 85

    Ex-Zambia’s president, Banda dies at 85

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    Bayo Millz
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    Zambia’s former president Rupiah Banda died on Friday at the age of 85 after a long battle with colon cancer, his son Andrew confirmed his passage. “He is gone”, Andrew Banda told an AFP correspondent in Lusaka. The southern African country’s fourth leader since independence from Britain served for three years from 2008 — a…