Zambian leader elected president

Zambian leader Rupiah Banda has narrowly won a presidential election and will be sworn into office yesterday, but the main opposition party said it would challenge the result.

Banda, a pro-business centrist, won 40.1 percent of the 1.79 million votes cast in Thursday's election versus 38.1 percent for challenger Michael Sata, according to final results released by Zambia's electoral commission.

A third candidate took the bulk of the remaining votes.