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Lusaka: Zambias former foreign minister Joseph Malanji has been sentenced to four years in prison with hard labour after being convicted of corruption. Malanji was found guilty on seven counts of acquiring properties and helicopters suspected to be the proceeds of crime, the state broadcaster reports.

According to Nam News Network, his co-accused, former treasury secretary Fredson Yamba, received a three-year jail term for approving the transfer of more than $8 million to Zambias diplomatic mission in Turkey without justifying the expense. Malanji …