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

The government went to court to stop the burial organised by Edgar Lungu’s family following a bitter row. Source: Edgar Lungu ...

There is one matter that rises above the political and procedural missteps: the deeply troubling possibility that Dr. Lungu might be laid to rest in a foreign country.

Esther Lungu, widow of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu, and family members attend a Mass in Johannesburg, South Africa, ...

The North Gauteng High Court's unexpected ruling has thrown the funeral plans for former Zambian President Edgar Lungu into chaos, revealing deep-seated tensions between his family and the Zambian ...

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

The Zambian government filed court papers seeking to stop the private burial of former President Edgar Lungu in South Africa ...

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

A South African judge stopped the burial of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu while his funeral service was in progress, ...

A South African court halts the burial of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu, intensifying a dispute between his family and the Zambian government over where he should be laid to rest. Lungu passed ...