Last updated: 17 august, 2009 - 18:16 GMT

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In what was seen as a landmark corruption case, Zambia's former president Frederick Chiluba has been cleared of all charges against him.

Mr Chiluba was accused of embezzling public funds worth $500,000, but at the end of a case lasting six years, the court in Lusaka ruled that the prosecution had failed to prove the charges.

Focus on Africa's Musonda Chibamba was in court.

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