Article: Zambia leader's health sparks power struggle.(WORLD)

Article: LEVY MWANAWASA
The Independent - London;  August 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... and vocal critic of Robert Mugabe LEVY MWANAWASA, President of Zambia since 2002, was ... independence from Britain in 1964 when Mwanawasa was just 15, and his early career was ... corruption. It was this background that led Mwanawasa to become such a fierce critic of the ...

Article: Levy Mwanawasa Zambia's next President?
African Business;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... people in the country and abroad. Who is Mwanawasa and why does Chiluba want the Presidential ... opposition parties will openly admit it, Levy Mwanawasa, the burly-looking to prominent Zambian ... looks like a formidable candidate. Mwanawasa, who served as Chiluba's first Vice ...

Article: Levy Mwanawasa, 59; Zambian Leader Praised for Fighting ...
The Washington Post;  August 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Levy Mwanawasa, 59, the president of Zambia, whose ... hospital in Paris after a stroke. Mr. Mwanawasa suffered a stroke June 29 at an African ... people out of crushing poverty. Mr. Mwanawasa was Zambia's third president since ...

Article: Levy Mwanawasa Architect of Zambia's economic ...
African Business;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...It seems Levy Mwanawasa was more loved by the people of Zambia ... African nation mourned its president. Mwanawasa, 59, had been receiving treatment ... condolence at his passing. "President Mwanawasa was a true servant of the people who ...

Article: Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa dies at 59
AP Online;  August 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, whose criticism of the political ... died Tuesday in France. He was 59. Mwanawasa, who was hospitalized in Paris after ... since independence from Britain, Mwanawasa was not bound by the liberation movement ...

Article: VOA NEWS: ZAMBIANS MOURN PRESIDENT MWANAWASA
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... of the death of President Patrick Levy Mwanawasa at a hospital in the French capital, Paris. Mwanawasa died Tuesday nearly two months after he ... are held. Some political analysts say Mwanawasa's demise will create political uncertainty ...

Article: President of Zambia spoke against mugabe ; Zambian President Levy ...
Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  August 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who broke the African tradition ... economic ruin, has died aged 59. Mr Mwanawasa, who passed away in a French military ... President Nicolas Sarkozy called Mr Mwanawasa's death "a great loss for the African ...