Zambia turns 50

From Africa is a Country Wed Oct 22 2014, 16:00:14

Zambia, the country its young people fondly call "Zed," is the next in a number of African countries to turn 50-they are the firstborns of the first wave of African countries to gain independence in the 1960s. Zambia's turn came on 24 October 1964, a day chosen because it was United Nations Day. That kind [...]

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