New Delhi, April 24 -- A feud over his funeral has meant the body of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu still hasn't been buried nearly a year after he died in a South African hospital.

Lungu's family wanted to bury him in South Africa because of his bitter political rivalry with current Zambian leader Hakainde Hichilema. But the Zambian government has gone to court to win custody of Lungu's remains so that it can repatriate them for a state funeral.

A new twist in the monthslong drama came Wednesday when the Zambian government said it took custody of the body with the assistance of South African authorities, only for a court to order the remains returned to a funeral home where the family had kept them.

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