17 June 2021 1 Min Read
Zambia's founding president, Kenneth Kaunda, dies aged 97 - son
in Africa by Chris Mfula
FILE PHOTO: Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda has passed on at age 97.
Image: REUTERS/Salim Henry RSS/GB/File Photo
Image: REUTERS/Salim Henry RSS/GB/File Photo
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Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's founding president and liberation hero, has died, aged 97, at a military hospital in Lusaka where he was being treated for pneumonia, his son, Kambarage, said on Wednesday.
Kaunda ruled Zambia from 1964, when the southern African nation won its independence from Britain, until 1991, and afterwards become one of Africa's most committed activists against HIV/AIDS.
"I am sad to inform (members) we have lost Mzee. Let’s pray for him," Kambarage said on the late president's Facebook page.
Reuters
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