Things are going on in Zambia

From empty sky Thu Feb 14 2013, 00:56:00

A few years ago, when he came to power, Sata was the golden boy set to fix the problems caused by his predecessor's regime widely considered to have been riddled with corruption and human rights abuses. Now a coalition of civil society and opposition parties have come together to petition the Commonwealth to investigate human rights abuses, including allegations that the government is using

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