Congratulations, Zambia! Let's hope the changing of the guard will be peaceful and orderly. aS On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Dean Makuluni <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Electoral Commission of Zambia has anounced that Patriotic Front President > Michael Sata has defeated the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate > Rupiah Banda in 2011 presidential elections. > > Justice Irene Mambilima announced early this morning that with totals > completed from nearly all the country’s 143 constituencies, Sata had won > with 1,150,045 votes, representation 43 percent of the total. President > Rupiah Banda had 961,796 votes, representating 36.1 percent. Eight other > candidates shared the remainder. > > The totals from the remaining 7 constituencies were not enough to overturn > the lead that Mr Sata had amassed. > > > Source: > http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/09/23/michael-sata-declared-zambias-fifith-president/ > > *** Send email to the list: [log in to unmask] *** *** Access AAM list > archives: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/AAM.html *** > > -- ** Aliko SONGOLO <[log in to unmask]> *********************************************** Halverson-Bascom Professor of French Professor of African Languages & Literature Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes académiques University of Wisconsin 1220 Linden Drive Madison, WI 53706 Fr&It 608-262-5937,262-3941,265-3892(fax) AL&L 608-263-3891,262-2487,265-4151(fax) ********************************************* *** Send email to the list: [log in to unmask] *** *** Access AAM list archives: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/AAM.html ***