Zambia’s former president, Edgar Lungu, who was in power for nearly seven years until 2021, reportedly passed away on Thursday in a hospital located in South Africa at the age of 68, as announced by his family and political party.
According to a statement from the Patriotic Front, Lungu had been undergoing specialised medical treatment at a clinic in Pretoria.
In a video shared on social media, his daughter Tasila Lungu-Mwansa stated, “My father had been under medical supervision in recent weeks.”
