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Kenneth Kaunda, who led Zambia to independence, dies at 97
Kenneth Kaunda, who led Zambia to independence and then served as the nation's president for almost three decades, has died. He was 97. Kaunda's death was reported by the state-owned Times of Zambia, which cited his son. While Kaunda had been admitted to the Maina Soko Military Hospital, one of the main government treatment centres for COVID-19 patients, on June 14, he tested negative for the virus and was suffering from pneumonia, according to media reports that cited his assistant. Waving his trademark white handkerchief to signal approval to crowds of supporters or to dismiss a journalist's question, Kaunda emerged as a major figure in the fight for majority rule across southern Africa.

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