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The President Who Died Abroad: Zambia's Battle Over a Body
The President Who Died Abroad: Zambia's Battle Over a Body
A former president died on an operating table in Pretoria and his remains remain overseas while two governments and two court systems fight over them - a dispute rooted in a presidency won by exactly 27,757 votes. How did a man who once finished seventh with 2.43% of the vote and lost his law licence become Zambia’s sixth president, and why is his body still in South Africa?
In this episode, we tell the life and political trajectory of Edgar Chagwa Lungu, from his birth in 1956 and law degree to the narrow victory that made him…
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