World's Worst Currency Prompts Call for Divine Intervention
- Zambia shuts bars, cancels football matches to pray and fast
- Economic crisis triggered by copper slump, power shortages
Zambian kwacha 5, 10 and 50 denomination ngwee coins.
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God save the kwacha.
That’s what Zambian President Edgar Lungu wants his people to pray for on a national day of devotion and fasting on Sunday to reverse a decline in the world’s worst currency and fix a litany of problems from plunging copper prices to electricity shortages.