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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gerald Imray

A legal battle over a former Zambian president's burial might be over

Zambia Lungu Burial - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A legal battle over where former Zambian President Edgar Lungu's remains will be buried may be over, more than a year after he died, as South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday in favor of his family and rejected the Zambian government's claim of custody over his body.

The ruling overturned a South African court decision that ordered the family to hand over Lungu's remains to the Zambian government for repatriation.

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