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Zambia's Sata pulls ahead in presidential election

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata held a lead over acting President Rupiah Banda in the presidential election, according to preliminary results from almost a third of constituencies released on Friday.

Opposition's Sata ahead in Zambia presidential vote

SHAPI SHACINDA | LUSAKA, ZAMBIA - Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata has drawn ahead of acting President Rupiah Banda in the presidential election, according to preliminary results from around 13 percent of constituencies...

Investors Focus on Zambia Election

Posted to the web 31 October 2008 Alfred Mulenga Will it be Rupiah Banda, Michael Sata, Haakainde Hichilema or Godfrey Miyanda? This must be the question on the lips of most people in the Southern African Development Community...

Botswana: Investors Focus on Zambia Election

Posted to the web 31 October 2008 Alfred Mulenga Will it be Rupiah Banda, Michael Sata, Haakainde Hichilema or Godfrey Miyanda? This must be the question on the lips of most people in the Southern African Development Community...

Zambia presidential election results expected soon

Thulasizwe Simelane, Zambia Results from Zambia's presidential election are expected to start coming in this morning. Zambians voted yesterday to replace president Levy Mwanawasa, who died in August after a stroke. Acting...

Banda accused of fraud

The map will replace this text. Zambians went to the poll on Thursday in the closely contested presidential by-election following the death of President Levy Mwanawasa in France in August. Political analysts believe the search...

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Counting under way in Zambia presidential poll; first results in

Lusaka, Zambia - The results of Zambia's presidential by- election were trickling in Friday, showing opposition leader Michael Sata polling well in his strongholds in the capital Lusaka and the Copperbelt mining region. Results...

Opposition's Sata ahead in Zambia presidential vote

Reuters - LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata has drawn ahead of acting President Rupiah Banda in the presidential election, according to preliminary results from around 13 percent of constituencies...

Anti-China candidate Michael Sata hopes to become Zambia president

An anti-Chinese populist candidate could become the next leader of Zambia The country is electing a new president and Michael Sata, 71, is leading the only published opinion poll. The copper-rich country is one of China's...