Tributes Pour In for Zambia’s Former President Edgar Lungu
Former President Edgar Lungu has died while receiving medical treatment in South Africa. He was 68.
Lungu served as Zambia’s sixth president from 2015 to 2021, a period that was marked by major infrastructure projects as well as rising debt and economic difficulties. He lost re-election to Hakainde Hichilema in 2021 and kept a relatively low profile until recently, when he re-entered politics as an opposition candidate.
President Hichilema described Lungu’s death as a tragic loss for the nation.
