The Zambian government has filed an urgent case in a South African court seeking to stop the burial of former President Edgar Lungu, state media reports.This is the latest twist in a row between the government and Lungu's family over his burial,

A South African court prevented Zambia's former president Edgar Lungu from being buried in Johannesburg just before the ceremony was due to be held on Wednesday, following weeks of feuding between his family and the Zambian government.

The Zambian government has won a last-minute court order stopping the private burial of former President Edgar Lungu in South Africa.