Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu died on Thursday at the age of 68, six months after an attempted return to politics was thwarted by a court ruling that he could not run for office again. Lungu was the sixth president of the Southern African nation and held office from 2015 to 2021,

Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has died at 68. Lungu's daughter, Tasila Lungu-Mwansa, announced his death in a video posted on the official Facebook page of his political party, the Patriotic Front.

Lungu led Zambia for six years from 2015, losing the election to the current President Hakainde Hichilema by a large margin. After that defeat he stepped back from politics but la