In Libreville, Gabon, the Zambian national team won its first African Cup of Nations beating Ivory Coast on Sunday night.
Zambia, the runner-up in 1974 and 1994, becomes the first southern African country to win the biennial continental championship since South Africa in 1996. The victory came 19 years after 18 members of the Zambian team died in a plane crash close to where the final was played in the Gabonese capital.
The Embassy of France in Lusaka congratulates the players, the coach Hervé RENARD and his deputy Patrice BEAUMELLE for that brillant victory.
