The ex-president of Zambia, on trial for massive financial corruption, complains about his successor, who pushed for the trial.
“The presidency in Africa is not cheap,” Mr. Chiluba said, according to a transcript [of off-the-record remarks]. “People die to secure the presidency. But here was Mr. Mwanawasa, who received it on a silver platter from my hands. He stabbed me in the back badly. I still bleed.”
June 23rd, 2009 at 7:12AM
Whatever happened to honor among thieves?