Edgar Lungu, the former president of Zambia, has died at the age of 68. His death comes six months after a court ruling prevented him from running for office again, thwarting his attempted return to ...

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) LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) ...

The burial site of Edgar Lungu, Zambia’s former president, has become the latest conflict in a relationship marred by hostility By Zimasa Matiwane and Rabecca Lungu Mr. Lungu, who was recently barred ...

LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambia’s Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that former President Edgar Lungu was barred from contesting an election in 2026 because he has already served the maximum two terms. The ...

JOHANNESBURG — A South African court on Friday ruled in favor of the government of Zambia and ordered that it can repatriate the remains of its former president and bury him in his home country, ...

Zambian President Edgar Lungu has officially conceded to opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema following his landslide election victory on Monday. After initially indicating he may challenge the result ...

JOHANNESBURG — A court in South Africa has denied a legal bid by the family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu to appeal a ruling that he must be buried in his own country. Lungu, who led Zambia ...

Zambia's former president Edgar Lungu, who held power for almost seven years until 2021, died Thursday in a hospital in South Africa at the age of 68, his party and family announced. Lungu had been ...

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, who served as the leader of the southern African nation from 2015-2021, died Thursday, his daughter said. He was 68. LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — ...