Zambia's President Michael Chilufya Sata waits to address the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian president Michael Sata appeared in public on Thursday, allaying concerns about the health of the 77-year-old leader that had mounted during a largely unexplained three-month absence from the public eye.
Sata's appearance at a political campaign rally in Solwezi, 500 km (300 miles) northwest of Lusaka, was meant to quench speculation that the health of the southern African leader was failing, analysts said.
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