Mwanawasa's condition 'stable'
2008-07-02 12:19
Lusaka - Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who suffered a stroke in Egypt last week, has been transferred to Paris for further treatment, vice-president Rupiah Banda said in a statement released in Lusaka on Tuesday night.
The statement, which was carried on state Radio Zambia, said Mwanawasa's condition was stable but that he had been transferred from Egypt to France for specialist heart treatment.
Opposition parties and civil society and church organisations in the southern African country had all sent him messages of support.
Mwanawasa, 59, was taken to hospital after suffering a stroke at the African Union summit in Sharm el-Sheikh.
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- SAPA