# Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu, who held power for almost seven years until 2021, died in Pretoria at the age of 68. According to a statement by his political party, the Patriotic Front, Lungu had been receiving specialised medical treatment in a clinic in Pretoria. He had suffered from recurring achalasia, a condition caused by narrowing of the oesophagus, for which he had been treated in South Africa.
Former Zambia president Edgar Lungu has died in South Africa