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The Independent UK
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Mogomotsi Magome

South African court tells Zambian ex-president's family to hand over body for burial at home

Zambia Ex President's Funeral - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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, against his family's wishes.

The Zambian government and the family of the late Edgar Lungu, Zambian president from 2015 to 2021, have been embroiled in a legal battle over his remains and burial.

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