The Zambian government has taken custody of the body of former President Edgar Lungu from his family, intensifying a protracted dispute over his final resting place almost a year after his death in South Africa.
Zambia's attorney general confirmed on Wednesday that the government now holds Lungu's remains. This development follows a South African court order mandating the release of the body to Zambian authorities, with the body subsequently transferred from a funeral home in Pretoria to an alternative facility.
