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==Banda: 2008-2011== | ==Banda: 2008-2011== | ||
{{Main|Rupiah Banda}} | {{Main|Rupiah Banda}} | ||
After Mwanawasa suffered a stroke while attending an African Union summit in Egypt on June 29, 2008, [[Rupiah Banda]] became acting President.<ref name=VOA/> He subsequently delivered a series of optimistic but vague updates on Mwanawasa's health. These updates were greeted with widespread skepticism, but Banda insisted that he had "no reason to lie".<ref>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20080725114637910C642354 "Mwanawasa's condition 'promising'"], Sapa-AFP (''IOL''), July 25, 2008.</ref> | |||
==Sata: 2011-2014== | ==Sata: 2011-2014== |