LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's ruling Patriotic Front (PF) said on Friday it had suspended President Guy Scott as acting head of the party for "unconstitutional conduct", in the latest twist of a bitter power struggle ahead of a January election.
Underlining divisions within the PF, its new secretary-general swiftly branded as null and void the party's decision to suspend Scott, who became Africa's first white head of state in 20 years when Michael Sata died last month.
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