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Zambia's former president Kaunda hospitalised: Official

LUSAKA:

Zambia

's founding father and former president

Kenneth Kaunda

has been admitted to a

Lusaka hospital

, his officials said on Monday.

In a terse statement, it said Kaunda, 97, "has been unwell and was admitted in the hospital at Maina Soko Medical Centre," but gave no further details.

Kaunda ruled Zambia for 27 years from independence in 1964.

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