Zambians await presidential results

LUSAKA: Zambians awaited the results of their presidential election as vote counting continued yesterday in one of Africa's top copper-producing countries.

The front-runners in the race are incumbent President Rupiah Banda, head of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), and Michael Sata, leader of the opposition Patriotic Front (PF) and a major critic of China's investment in the nation.

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ)  said on its website early yesterday that it was still updating results.

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