President Michael Sata has died in office in October 2014. Lungu had argued that this should not count as he did not serve a full five-year term. But the court disagreed - reversing previous ...

A former British Rail cleaner has been declared the new president of Zambia. Michael Sata, 74, was sworn on Friday as head of the southern African state. The populist former opposition leader entered ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Zambian President Michael Sata was receiving medical treatment in Israel on Thursday, an ...

Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga Wednesday led Kenyans in mourning the death of Zambia President Michael Chilufya Sata. Uhuru and Raila said they had learnt ...

The IMF’s decision to go ahead with a bailout package for Zambia, despite the government’s democratic failings, could embolden the president to pursue an authoritarian strategy. The legitimacy ...

Michael Sata. Mr Kalaba, an MP for the governing Patriotic Front (PF), is said to be a possible candidate for the 2021 presidential election, should Mr Lungu step aside, Reuters news agency reports.