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Zambia's interim leader moves against presidential contender

File picture of Zambia's Vice President Guy Scott at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington LUSAKA (Reuters) - Acting Zambian leader Guy Scott dismissed a presidential front-runner as secretary-general of the ruling party on Monday, pointing to a fiercely contested election in the next three months to succeed the late leader Michael Sata. State radio in the southern African nation gave no reasons for Scott's surprise removal of defense minister Edgar Lungu from his top post in Sata's Patriotic Front (PF) party, which came to power after elections in 2011. ...




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