T2 Road (Zambia) as the Great North Road and Cape to Cairo Road. Summary The T2 Route starts from the Zambia-Tanzania Border Between Tunduma and Nakonde and journeys through Muchinga Province, Central Province and Lusaka Province to the Chirundu Bridge on the Zambia-Zimbabwe Border (Zambezi River). From Nakonde, The road goes south-west to Mpika, where it is joined by the main road from Lake Tanganyika, Mpulungu, Mbala and Kasama. It continues west-south-west to Kapiri Mposhi, where it changes direction. At the t-junction with the T3 Road, the T2 Route becomes the road southwards. It remains one road for its remainder, passing through Kabwe
Russia–Zambia relations state visits in 1974 and 1987. Relations between the two countries soured in 1976, when Kaunda said on the Soviet and Cuban presence in Angola, "(t)hey drove colonialism and fascism out the front door, only to let a plundering tiger and its cubs in the back door." Soviet support for the Zimbabwe African People's Union, which operated primarily out of Zambia, helped to stop relations from detiorating further, and ties became warmer after Abel Muzorewa, the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia launched airstrikes inside Zambia in 1979. After the strikes, Zambia unsuccessfully sought Western military aid, which saw Zambia turning