Zambia’s Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday that former President Edgar Lungu is ineligible to run for another term in office. The decision follows Lungu’s announcement of his return to active

Civil rights groups say Lungu, of the Patriotic Front party, would have been a strong challenger to Hichilema in the next presidential election, due to be held in 2026

Former President Edgar Lungu has been barred from running for re-election in 2026 as he already served the maximum number of terms allowed by the Constitution. Lungu was president between 2015 and 2016 after Michael Sata died in office.

Zambia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that former President Edgar Lungu is barred from contesting an election in 2026 because he has already served the maximum two terms

Zambia's constitutional court ruled on Tuesday that former President Edgar Lungu was ineligible to run for another term in office after he announced his return to active politics last year.

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.

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Zambia’s constitutional court has barred former President Edgar Lungu from seeking re-election in 2026. In a decision on Tuesday, Mudford Mwandenga, the presiding judge, ruled that Lungu had already served the maximum two terms allowed by law.

Zambia’s Constitutional Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that former President Edgar Lungu was barred from contesting the 2026 election because he has already served the maximum two terms.