Mzansi court reserves judgment in Edgar Lungu burial fight

A South African court on Monday reserved judgment in a legal dispute between the Zambian government and the family of the late former president Edgar Lungu regarding his repatriation.
A South African court on Monday reserved judgment in a legal dispute between the Zambian government and the family of the late former president Edgar Lungu regarding his repatriation.
Patriotic Front interim President Given Lubinda delivered an emotionally charged eulogy at the memorial service of the late former Zambian president Edgar Lungu on Tuesday in Pretoria, South Africa.
Edgar Lungu who was the sixth president of Zambia from 2015 to 2021, died at Medforum Clinic, a Medical Centre in Pretoria, South Africa on Thursday morning.
Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has reportedly died in South Africa at the age of 68, according to official sources.
The Landless People's Movement (LPM) has informed that it will submit an urgent court application seeking an order to inspect the contents of the materials used in the 2024 Namibian elections.
The Constitutional Court of Zambia ruled that former President Edgar Lungu is not eligible to contest the 2026 and future Presidential Elections.
Rwanda will begin somber commemorations on Sunday to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, a mass massacre committed by Hutu extremists against the Tutsi minority over 100 days.
Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Tuesday became Senegal's youngest president, pledging systemic change after years of deadly turmoil and announcing his mentor, opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister.
Social critic and prominent human rights activist Aisha Yesufu has declared the beginning of a "revolutionary" period in Nigeria following recent incidents of looting and unrest in the country.
Dozens of Burundian troops have reportedly been detained for their refusal to participate in combat operations in eastern Congo against the M23 rebel group.