UK minister confuses Zambia with Zimbabwe at Kenneth Kaunda funeral

Slip by James Duddridge at funeral of liberation leader derided as evidence of enduring colonial attitudes

James Duddridge, the UK's minister for Africa, appeared to confuse Zimbabwe with Zambia in a speech at the funeral of Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's founding president and one of Africa's last surviving liberation leaders, in the country's capital, Lusaka, last week.

Kaunda, who died last month at the age of 97, ruled Zambia from 1964, when it won independence from Britain, until 1991. He was respected across the continent as one of a generation of Africans who fought to free their nations from colonial rule.