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flag Eight months after his death, former Zambian President Edgar Lungu remains unburied due to a family-led dispute with President Hichilema over funeral rites.

flag More than eight months after former Zambian President Edgar Lungu died in June 2025, his body remains unburied in a South African funeral home, caught in a political and spiritual dispute between his family and current President Hakainde Hichilema. flag Lungu reportedly instructed his family to bar Hichilema from his funeral, a directive that has fueled a standoff over burial rites. flag Despite court rulings supporting a state funeral and a prepared grave in Lusaka, Lungu’s family resists, citing cultural beliefs that last words carry spiritual power and could invoke curses. flag The unresolved conflict reflects deep-rooted traditions in Zambia, where timely burial is essential and ancestral wishes are taken seriously, turning the impasse into a national symbol of political rivalry and spiritual tension.

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