Guidance

Lusaka: Bereavement: Death Abroad

Information to help the friends and family of British nationals who have died in Zambia

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 2 March 2016
• Last updated: 28 November 2024
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  1. 28 November 2024

     Annual review

  2. 6 June 2022

     Updated on 06/06/2022

  3. 3 March 2021

     Guidance has been reviewed and updated with the most up to date information.

  4. 6 December 2020

     New information published on how to deal with the death of a loved one in Zambia.

  5. 2 March 2016

     First published.

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Zambia: bereavement information

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Includes information on:

• What to do when someone dies in Zambia
• Burial and cremation
• Returning bodies to the UK (repatriation)

See also what to do when someone dies: death abroad.