The Zambian government wants Lungu's body repatriated for a state funeral but his family have refused to allow that because ...

The Zambian government has won a last-minute court order stopping the private burial of former President Edgar Lungu in South ...

A South African court prevented Zambia's former president Edgar Lungu from being buried in Johannesburg just before the ...

A South African judge halted on Wednesday the burial of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu while the funeral service was underway, in an escalation of a standoff between his family and the ...

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President Biden will attend the inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, regardless of who will be sworn in, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday. “This president believes in the ...

The death of Zambia’s former president on 5 June will be pivotal for the country’s multiparty democracy. Edgar Lungu was a polarising figure for the country, but one that unified the opposition ...

Funeral row causes chaos for mourners of Zambia's ex-president. Kennedy Gondwe & Wedaeli Chibelushi - BBC News, Lusaka & London. June 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM. Copied; ...

Zambia became the first African nation to default on its debt during COVID-19 in 2020, pushing inflation to 15% and devaluing the kwacha by over 50%. Politically, Lungu's tenure was marked by both ...

The scene in the capital, N'Djamena, is already familiar: ANOCA President Mustapha Berraf leading the inauguration of the modern venue of the Chad Olympic and Sports Committee (COST), surrounded ...

Funeral row causes chaos for mourners of Zambia's ex-president. Image source, AFP/Getty Images. Image caption, After losing the presidency, ... Live. Iran says it will ...

This chaos is, in short, a continuation of the tumultuous relationship between Lungu and his successor, President Hakainde Hichilema. The pair are long-time rivals – in 2017, when Lungu was president, ...