Word: kaunda
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ASSASSINATED. WEZI KAUNDA, 47, rising Zambian opposition leader and son of former President Kenneth Kaunda; by four gunmen; as he and his wife--who was unharmed--were on their way home; in Lusaka...
...KENNETH KAUNDA President of Zambia for 27 years, but court says he's not a citizen. Then someone tries to kill...
...richest black country in Africa south of the Sahara. It had $1.1 billion in foreign reserves, plus the world's second largest copper-mining industry. It also had emeralds, other gemstones and immense fertile areas. It had the potential to become southern Africa's breadbasket, and President Kenneth Kaunda promised every Zambian a pint of milk...
...Kaunda ruled for 27 years, then gambled on elections last year and lost. When the Movement for Multiparty Democracy government took over last November, its members were stunned by the decay and confusion they found. Morale among civil servants was abysmal, corruption pandemic. The new Minister of Agriculture found his office building vandalized; employees had stolen not only the light bulbs but also the lighting fixtures...
...Kaunda's people would have preferred him to step down gracefully instead of fighting to the bitter end. But Kaunda's lasting legacy may be the election itself. By accepting the results of a free, hard-fought contest, he provided a democratic model for the rest of a continent still dominated by one-party dictatorships...