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Zambia to trial "separatists" for treason

2013-11-28 3 Dailymotion

Fifty-four people will appear in a Zambian court on Friday accused of treason. They say the government has failed to honour one of the country's founding documents.<br />They're referring to a 1964 treaty with the Barotse monarchy, which had a strong influence over a large part of what is now Zambia.<br />The area became the Western Province after the king signed the Barotseland Agreement, joining the rest of the region in the new independent Zambia.<br />Tania Page reports from the provincial capital of Mongu, where there are many who say the treaty's promise of autonomy was never honoured.

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