Zambia's former president Kenneth Kaunda. - Gulf News ArchivesKaunda’s fall from grace1997 - The arrest of Zambia’s former president Kenneth Kaunda is a humiliating indignity for a man who was for decades accorded the honours of a revered elder statesman. Kaunda is a veteran statesman respected for leading his country to independence even after his shine wore off. 2003 - A plane bound for Beirut crashes into the sea after takeoff from Benin killing more than 80 people. 2010 - A suicide bomber dressed in a burqa kills 43 people in the Bajaur tribal area of northwest Pakistan.

Source: Ethiopian News December 25, 2017 10:52 UTC