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LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambians wept on the streets of the capital, parliament suspended its session and even a doctors’ strike was called off as the southern African nation mourned its president Wednesday.
The Zambian flag flew at half staff throughout the country, and radio and television stations replaced normal programs with messages of condolence after President Levy Mwanawasa died Tuesday in a French military hospital where had been treated since suffering a stroke in June.
Mwanawasa’s body was expected to be returned to Lusaka on Sunday, according to secretary to the Cabinet, Joshua Kanganja. In a statement Wednesday, Kanganja added the body would lie in state and be buried Monday.
