Zambia's political feud disrupts funeral
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Edgar Lungu funeral: Zambia's presidential feud that even death couldn't end
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President Hakainde Hichilema and his now-late predecessor Edgar Lungu have been feuding for years .
The animosity was such that Lungu 's family said one of his dying wishes was not to be near his body.
The row has scuppered government plans to honour the former head of state, creating a distressing rift in the country.
Former head of state Lungu said he would not want Hichilema to attend his funeral.
The government has denied the idea that Lungu was stopped from going to see his doctors in South Africa .
The burial is now set to take place in the South Africa and it seems unlikely that the former president will attend.
Zambians had been hoping for both to bury their differences.
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