The Zambian government has filed an urgent case in a South African court seeking to stop the burial of former President Edgar Lungu, state media reports. This is the latest twist in a row between the ...

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

A South African court prevented Zambia's former president Edgar Lungu from being buried in Johannesburg just before the ceremony was due to be held on Wednesday, following weeks of feuding between his ...

In an address to Zambians on Thursday evening, the president did not refer directly to the reported wishes of his predecessor, but reiterated a "call for peace, a call for love and a call for unity" ...

Late on Thursday, President Hakainde Hichilema cut short a period of national mourning after Lungu's family refused to allow ...

The burial site of Edgar Lungu, Zambia’s former president, has become the latest conflict in a relationship marred by ...

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. Lungu died from ...

Zambian President Michael Sata, a longtime opposition leader who was finally elected president in 2011, died after an illness, the Zambian government said Wednesday. The Cabinet met to discuss a ...

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, May 10, 2023, to meet French President Emmanuel Macron.

Sata is the second Zambian president to die while in office; Levy Mwanawasa suffered a stroke in June 2008 that led to his eventual death on Aug. 19, 2008.

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambian leader Michael Sata, a longtime opposition leader who was finally elected president in 2011, died after an illness, the Zambian government said Wednesday. The ...