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 politics.
Lungu, who served as the sixth president of the Southern African nation from 2015 to 2021, passed away on Thursday morning at a medical centre in Pretoria, South Africa. He had been receiving specialised treatment in the capital, according to a statement released on social media by his political party, the Patriotic Front.
