Zambia: Kenneth Kaunda rushed to hospital after President Edgar Lungu collapsed
- Kenneth Kaunda was rushed to hospital at Maini Soko Center on Monday, June 14, after his health worsened
- On a statement through the office of the first president in Zambia, Kaunda is now requesting all Zambia and the world at large to pray for him as the doctors are doing their best to save his life
- The retired president is one of the last surviving figures from Africa's anti-colonial struggle of the 1950s
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The first President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda, has been rushed to the hospital after his health situation worsen.
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This comes just a day after Zambia's current President Edgar Lungu collapsed when he presided over the 45th commemoration of Zambia's Defence Force Day.
Kaunda, 97, was rushed to hospital at Maini Soko Center on Monday, June 14, after his health situation worsened.
According to a statement from the office of the first president of Zambia seen by TUKO.co.ke the former president has been unwell for some time.
Kaunda is now requesting all Zambia and the world at large to pray for him as the doctors are doing their best to save his life.
"Keneth Kaunda requesting all Zambians and the international community to pray for him as the medical team is doing everything possible to ensure that he recovers",. the statement read.
However, it is not clear what the former president might be filling from.
It should be remembered that Kaunda is one of the last surviving figures from Africa's anti-colonial struggle of the 1950s.
Lungu has also asked people to pray for his predecessor.
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Previously, Briefly News reported that Idriss Deby, the president of Chad, passed away. An Army spokesman whose name was not mentioned said on Tuesday, 20 April that the president died of injuries suffered on the frontline, Al Jazeera reported.
The news media noted that Derby's death came a day after he won a sixth term as the country's election results were just released on Monday, 19 April.
Briefly News gathers that the 68-year-old president came to power in a rebellion in 1990.
Meanwhile, AFP stated in its own report of the tragic incident that Derby, who has been in power for three decades, died of injuries while fighting rebels in the north of the Sahel country
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