Monkey pees on Zambian prez

"I will give this monkey for lunch to Mr Sata," he joked, referring to opposition leader Michael Sata, who Banda defeated in last year's presidential elections.

Banda devoted much of his second news conference as president to reassuring Zambians over the dramatic economic slowdown resulting from plunging prices of copper, the country's main export.
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"Our growth prospects have diminished, such that the projected GDP has now been revised downwards to 4.0 per cent or below," said Banda.

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