Zambia mourns former president Edgar Lungu
According to local media and his Patriotic Front party, Lungu collapsed while exercising at home in Lusaka and was pronounced dead at the Maina Soko military hospital.
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According to local media and his Patriotic Front party, Lungu collapsed while exercising at home in Lusaka and was pronounced dead at the Maina Soko military hospital.
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00:00Zimbabwe is mourning the death of former President Edgar Lungu, who passed away on Thursday at the age of 68.
00:06According to local media and its Patriotic Front Party, Lungu collapsed while exercising at home in Lusaka
00:13and was pronounced dead at Maina Soko Military Hospital.
00:17The government has confirmed the news and declared a period of national mourning.
00:22Lungu served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021,
00:26a period marked by major infrastructure projects but also rising debts and economic challenges.
00:32He lost re-election to Aikande Isilema in 2021 and had kept a relatively low profile until recently
00:39when he re-entered political life as an opposition figure.
00:43Tributes are pouring in across Zambia and the wider African continent.
00:47President Isilema described Lungu's debt as a tragic loss for the nation.
00:51Funeral arrangements are yet to be announced.