Edgar Chagwa Lungu

President Edgar Lungu has been having trouble fulfilling his reported promise to ex-President Rupiah Banda to get the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Mutembo Nchito off his back...

On 26 March President Edgar Lungu ordered Mines Minister Christopher Yaluma and Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda to make a change to the new mining taxes by 8 April...

New President Edgar Lungu having won votes on a more populist programme is struggling with the conflicting demands of the electorate and big business...

President Edgar Lungu's exceptionally slim win on a disastrously low turnout in the 20 January presidential by-election leaves him weak and the governing Patriotic Front still badly split...

'I urge President Edgar Lungu to immediately begin to speak against corruption and give us the political backing so that we can help stamp out corruption in Zambia ' she said...

The presidential candidate of the governing Patriotic Front Edgar Lungu has surprised Zambians by joining forces with former President Rupiah Banda whose Movement for Multiparty Democracy was defeated by the PF in the 2011 general elections...

The favourite of the 'Bemba faction' and the darling of most of the PF members of parliament is Defence Minister Edgar Lungu who has claimed the nomination for himself...

Faced our sources say with evidence that the Defence Minister and just removed PF Secretary General Edgar Lungu had the support of at least 70 of the PF's 82 members of parliament for the presidential nomination Scott had to come up with a convincing alternative...

Sata had left Justice and Defence Minister Edgar Lungu in charge when he left for London on his final trip...

On 3 November he was obliged to reinstate Edgar Lungu a powerful contender for the PF presidential nomination just 24 hours after sacking him as PF Secretary General...

The Defence Minister and the governing Patriotic Front Secretary General Edgar Lungu was left to run Zambia in his absence...

This means that Edgar Lungu would act as PF President if Sata resigned or was removed from office...