Zambia: Top Court Bars Ex-President Lungu From Presidential Race

The Constitutional Court ruled that former president Edgar Lungu could not run for re-election in 2026 – a year after Lungu announced his return to active political life.

The opposition Tonse Alliance selected Lungu as its presidential candidate in the 2026 elections to challenge President Hakainde  Hichilema.

Lungu had already served the maximum two terms allowed by law, the court ruled, and after the death of President Michael Sata in October 2014, he was elected president in January 2015 to…