Zambia: Election Violence As Opposition Leader's Early Gains Fade

Lusaka — Violent clashes rocked several Zambian towns in the wake of the country's fourth multi-party elections, amid allegations of vote rigging by supporters of presidential hopeful Michael Sata.

As results filtered through after the 28 September poll, presidential incumbent Levy Mwanawasa, of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), appeared to be heading for his second and final five-year term of office.

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