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The high court in Gauteng, South Africa, rejects an appeal by the family of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu, upholding its ruling that Lungu's remains must be returned to Zambia for burial.
2025-09-16

President Edgar Lungu declares that Thursday's elections were "not free or fair", citing instances of electoral violence in three provinces, such as the beating of polling agents representing his party Patriotic Front. Early election results showed Lungu trailing behind his opponent, businessman Hakainde Hichilema.
2021-08-14

President Edgar Lungu pardons a gay couple jailed for 15 years due to consensual homosexual acts amid a mass wave of pardons of nearly 3,000 inmates to celebrate Africa Freedom Day.
2020-05-26

Sources report that the U.S. has recalled its ambassador to Zambia after a row over a conviction of men who were sentenced to prison in Zambia for consensual homosexual acts. President of Zambia Edgar Lungu declared ambassador Daniel Lewis Foote "persona non grata" because he had criticized the verdict while accusing Zambia of not actively prosecuting misappropriation of donor aid.
2019-12-24

Voters in Zambia go to the polls for a presidential election following the October 2014 death of incumbent President Michael Sata. Defence Minister Edgar Lungu (the Patriotic Front) and Hakainde Hichilema (the United Party for National Development) seek the office.
2015-01-20

Zambian media reports that President Michael Sata has died while receiving medical care in London.
2014-10-28

Speaking during the ongoing Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) in Yokohama, Zambian President Michael Sata says developed nations have used Africa as a "guinea pig" for the past 50 years, taking its raw materials while pretending to help it.
2013-06-3

The former President of Zambia Rupiah Banda is arrested for alleged corruption and abuse of authority.
2013-03-25

Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata is declared the winner of the Zambian presidential election.
2011-09-23

Voters in Zambia go to the polls for a general election, with a close presidential race expected between incumbent Rupiah Banda and opposition leader Michael Sata.
2011-09-20