Levy Mwanawasa

Zambia Votes for New President

Zambians began voting today for a successor to the late President Levy Mwanawasa in what was expected to be a hotly contested election in the stable and increasingly prosperous southern African nation. The winner faces the...

Zambians Head to Polls to Choose Successor to Late-President Mwanawasa

Bobb report - Listen (MP3) Zambians went to the polls Thursday to elect a president following the untimely death of former President Levy Mwanawasa. Voters in Zambia turned out early Thursday to choose their next president with...

Zambians go to the polls, opposition accuses incumbents of vote rigging

The main opposition candidate in Zambia's presidential election accused the ruling party of rigging the vote as he cast his ballot Thursday, an indication he will contest election results. Michael Sata's party has raised...

Zambians vote for new president after leader died

Zambia's Patriotic Front (PF) presidential candidate Michael Sata, cast his vote in Lusaka, Zambia, Thursday Oct. 30, 2008. Early voting was going fairly smoothly despite a late start at several polling stations in the capital...

Zambian poll marred by rigging claim

Lusaka - Allegations by Zambia's opposition leader Michael Sata of vote rigging cast a pall over Thursday's election to choose a successor to deceased president Levy Mwanawasa and stoked fears of violence in Africa's largest...

Zambians vote for president as opposition says rigged

By Shapi Shacinda LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambians began voting for a successor to the late President Levy Mwanawasa on Thursday in a hotly contested election and the main opposition leader accused the ruling party of rigging the...

'There is no way MMD can win'

Lusaka - Zambia's opposition leader Michael Sata accused police of plotting with electoral authorities to rig Thursday's presidential vote, again warning he will not accept the results if he loses. "We know the police, the...

Poll Results Out Tomorrow

Posted to the web 30 October 2008 It's Zambia's D-day again! The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has said it will start announcing the presidential election results from across the country by tomorrow morning. ECZ...

Opposition’s Sata Favoured in Zambian Ballot

Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front (PF) is the most popular presidential contender in Zambia, according to a poll by the Steadman Group. 46 per cent of respondents would vote for Sata in today’s election.

Zambians vote in hotly contested presidential poll

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambians began voting for a successor to the late President Levy Mwanawasa on Thursday in what was expected to be a hotly contested election in the stable and increasingly prosperous southern African nation.