LATEST: Zambian VP Scott named interim leader: minister

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President Mugabe welcomes Mr Guy Scott at State House last year.

LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambian Vice President Guy Scott has been named the interim leader of Africa’s second-largest copper producer, a government minister said on Wednesday, a day after President Michael Sata died in London aged 77.

Zambia will hold a presidential election to choose a permanent successor to Sata within three months, defence minister Edgar Lungu said.

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