A South African court ordered the repatriation of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu’s remains to Zambia for a state funeral, overruling his family’s wishes The Pretoria High Court ruled that the ...

Zambia authorities and Edgar Lungu's family are in a dispute over where the former leader's remains should be buried.

Edgar Lungu died of an undisclosed illness while receiving treatment in South Africa Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu, who died last week, left instructions that his successor Hakainde Hichilema ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A long-running dispute over the remains of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu took another turn late on Wednesday, when the Zambian government took custody of his body only for ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The Zambian government succeeded in getting a court order to stop the private burial of former President Edgar Lungu in South Africa on Wednesday after it filed a last-minute case ...

The family of the late Zambian former President Edgar Lungu want his body returned to their private mortuary services. On Thursday the Zambian government announced that they were in possession of ...

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu will be buried in South Africa instead of his homeland because of a disagreement between his family and Zambia's government over his funeral.

PRETORIA, GAUTENG– The family of Zambia's former president Edgar Lungu continues its fight against the Zambian government's push to give the late former head of state a state funeral at the Pretoria ...

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The South African Police Service (SAPS) has ordered a funeral home holding the body of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu to release it for a post-mortem examination. The body is believed to be at ...