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Eight months after his death, former Zambian President Edgar Lungu remains unburied due to a family-led dispute with President Hichilema over funeral rites.
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.
Lungu reportedly instructed his family to bar Hichilema from his funeral, a directive that has fueled a standoff over burial rites.
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.
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.
Ocho meses después de su muerte, el ex presidente de Zambia, Edgar Lungu, sigue sin ser enterrado debido a una disputa entre su familia y el presidente Hichilema sobre los ritos funerarios.