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Ex-Zambian Leader Kaunda Dispatched to Convince Mugabe to Give Up Power

Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, left, and former Zambian president, Kenneth Kaunda, attend the inauguration ceremony of the Patriotic Front's Edgar Lungu, in Lusaka Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. Lungu the candidate from the ruling Patriotic Front, has won Zambia's presidential election called after President Michael Sata died in October, the acting chief justice announced late Saturday. (AP Photo/Moses Mwape)

Zambian President Edgar Lungu has sent former president Kenneth Kaunda to Harare to try to convince President Robert Mugabe to step down in a “dignified exit” after the military seized power last week.

 

The ruling party removed Mugabe as ZANU-PF president and first secretary on Sunday and lawmakers from the ruling party were due to meet at the party headquarters on Monday to discuss impeaching the 93-year-old leader.

“Dr Kaunda used the presidential jet and has already arrived in Harare,” a senior government source told Reuters. Kaunda is also 93 years old. Reuters

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