"THE people of Zambia have spoken and we must all listen," a defeated President Rupiah Banda intoned on Sep-tember 23rd. His Movement for Multiparty Democracy had ruled Zambia for the past 20 years. Yet when the opposition leader, Michael Sata, and his Patriotic Front won a pretty fair presidential election by a mar-gin of 43% to 36%, the incumbent bowed out with a good grace. In neighbouring countries and across Africa such fine be-haviour is still unusual.
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