Edgar Lungu, Ex-Zambian Leader Who Riled Investors, Dies at 68
Zambian President Edgar Lungu delivers a speech at the Zambian State House in Lusaka, in 2019.
Photographer: Salim Dawood/AFP/Getty Images
Edgar Lungu, a former Zambian president who clashed with investors in the key mining industry and oversaw a massive ramp-up in state debt, has died. He was 68.
Lungu had been under medical supervision in recent weeks and died in a hospital in South Africa early Thursday, his daughter Tasila Lungu-Mwansa said in a video posted on social media.