Zambian President Michael Sata has died at the age of 77 after receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, the government says.President Sata, who was being treated in the UK, died in London's King Edward VII hospital on Tuesday night.Media said that he died after "a sudden onset [of] heightened heart rate".It is not immediately clear who will succeed the president. The issue may be decided by the Zambian cabinet which meets on Wednesday morning."It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing on of our beloved president," cabinet secretary Roland Msiska said.His death comes just days after Zambia celebrated the 50th anniversary of independence from the UK.'King Cobra'Earlier this month reports in Zambia said that President Sata had gone abroad for a medical check-up amid persistent speculation that he was seriously ill.After he left the country, Defence Minister Edgar Lungu was named as acting president.Vice-President Guy Scott has regularly stood in for the president at official events. But he is of Scottish descentand his parents were not born in Zambia, so he may fall foul of a constitutional clause on parentage which would nullify his candidacy.Known as "King Cobra" for his venomous tongue, Mr Sata was elected Zambia's president in 2011.He has rarely been seen in public since returning from the UN General Assembly last month, where he failed to make a scheduled speech.Mr Sata became president in September 2011, defeatingthe then incumbent Rupiah Banda whose party had beenin power for 20 years.

Source: http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29813612

RIP to him...


That's if the story is true

Bad and good news... African leaders should build good hospitals and stop going to UK, USA & Canada for treatment. Cosif thesickness doentkill u, they will kill u themselves cos theydont like u...why? Cos u r blackman from Africa and u are not supposed to be alive... God comfort his wive & children

Now he meets his creator, The President of all presidents! Go and answer for your deeds and misdeeds, leaving wealth and fame behind.

African leaders dying abroad, pathetic !

RIP though

I thought I saw Nigerian president...


RIP to the dead

R.i.P

luvinhubby:
African leaders dying abroad, pathetic !

RIP though

Largely because they won't fund health care adequately...and also largely because people expect free health care.

@OP....Mr Sata's VP is Guy Scott...a white Zambian. He may take over as interim head....while fresh elections are called, making him the first white president of a Sub Saharan African country since South Africa's F.W DeKlerk.

he would have survived if he had sacrficed his life to improve the healthcare system of his country. he laid his life on the enemy's care and he got lynched. may GOD grant his family, friends and loved ones the fortitude to bear the loss. that goes to all the leaders of africa. if you go to europe, america or asia for treatment or your family, even to go give birth, then GOD the righteous creator will give the poor, struggling and hussling africans that can't afford the foreign treatments and does not have access to quality heathcare, GOD will give them justice. If the zambian president has kept some stolen wealth somewhere now, it is all gone to the hands of the europeans, every kobo.