White leader appointed in Zambia
Zambian Vice-President Guy Scott has been named acting leader following the death of President Michael Sata, the BBC reported.
Presidential elections to choose a permanent successor will be held within 90 days, Defence Minister Edgar Lungu said.
Mr Scott becomes Africa's first white head of state since FW de Klerk in apartheid South Africa.
Mr Sata died in the UK aged of 77 after receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness.
He was being treated at London's King Edward VII hospital where he died on Tuesday night.
Cabinet secretary Roland Msiska said on national TV that his wife and son were at his bedside.