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Standoff: Lungu-Hichilema rivalry goes down to the grave

The late former Zambian President Edgar Lungu during a discussion at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017 meeting in Durban, South Africa May 4, 2017. [File]

More than nine months after the death of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, his body remains at a funeral home in South Africa following a bitter legal and political dispute between his family and the country’s government.

Lungu, who led Zambia from 2015 to 2021, died on June 5, 2025 in Pretoria after complications following surgery.

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