By Reuters –
Zambia’s President Michael Sata has died in London, where he had been receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, three private Zambian media outlets said on Wednesday.
The reports on the private Muzi television station and the Zambia Reports and Zambian Watchdog websites said the southern African nation’s Cabinet was about to meet.
Government officials gave no immediate comment.
The reports said Sata died on Tuesday evening at London’s King Edward VII hospital. The hospital declined to comment.
Sata (77) left Zambia for medical treatment abroad on October 19 accompanied by his wife and family members, according to a brief government statement that gave no further details.
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