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LUSAKA: Newly-elected Zambian president Edgar Lungu has been advised by doctors to undergo specialist treatment abroad to correct a narrowing of the food pipe which caused him to fall ill over the weekend, the presidency said.
Medical tests carried out on Lungu at a military hospital in the capital Lusaka had ruled out malaria as earlier suspected, the presidency said in a statement on Monday. Lungu, 58, had to leave an International Women's Day event in the capital Lusaka on Sunday when he felt uncomfortable.
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