Zambia’s ‘King Cobra’ Pledges to Spread Wealth as President
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Michael Sata, known to his supporters as “King Cobra,” was sworn in as Zambia’s president today and promised the nation’s poor a greater of the wealth in Africa’s top copper producer.
The 73-year-old Sata, who leads the Patriotic Front party, beat incumbent Rupiah Banda in the Sept. 20 presidential election, said Ireen Mambilima, chairwoman of the Electoral Commission. Sata, who narrowly lost three previous elections, had 43 percent to Banda’s 36 percent with more than 90 percent of votes counted and couldn’t be beaten, she told reporters in Lusaka, the capital.