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FILE - Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

South African court denies burial appeal bid by family of former Zambian president Lungu

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

FILE -A supporter arrives for a Mass for former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, shown in a banner at right, at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe), File)

Hand over the body for burial at home, a South African court tells Zambian ex-president’s family

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

Esther Lungu, widow of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu, center, and family members attend a Mass, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Court order stops a former Zambian president’s burial in South Africa on the day of his funeral

By Mogomotsi Magome and Jacob Zimba - Associated Press

FILE - Zambian President Edgar Lungu attends the Southern African Development Community's leaders' conference in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, file)

Zambia’s ex-President Lungu will be buried in South Africa due to family’s feud with Zambia

By Jacob Zimba - Associated Press

FILE - Zambian President Edgar Lungu attends the Southern African Development Community's leaders' conference in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, file)

Funeral standoff halts repatriation of former Zambian president’s body

By Jacob Zimba - Associated Press

FILE - Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu addresses the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has died at 68

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Members of the Zambian Defence Forces and other government officials attend a ceremony to welcome the body of former Zambian President Michael Sata at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka, Saturday, Nov,1, 2014. Zambian President Sata dubbed "King Cobra" for his sharp tongued remarks died in a London hospital Tuesday after a long illness. (AP Photo/Moses Mwape)

Riots erupt in Zambian capital against the acting president

By Noel Sichalwe - Associated Press