A Somali national expelled from Zambia after shooting at a mine
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on News Diggers
Zambia’s immigration department expelled Khalid Haaji Gulled, a 50-year-old Somali national, on Friday 13 November 2026, after a shooting at a gold processing plant in Mpika, in Muchinga Province. Meanwhile, ten Chinese nationals and five Tanzanians were arrested for working without permits at two mines, according to spokesperson Namati Nshinka in a statement published on Sunday.
Zambia has expelled a 50-year-old Somali national, Khalid Haaji Gulled, after a shot was fired during a dispute at the gold processing facility of the company Empiric Trading Limited, in the Kanyelele area of Mpika district, in Muchinga Province. According to Namati Nshinka, public relations officer of the immigration department, the expulsion took place on Friday 13 November 2026 at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka, in a statement issued on Sunday.
At the same time, the department arrested ten Chinese nationals and five Tanzanians working without valid work permits. The ten Chinese were employed at a mine in Shiwang’andu district, and the five Tanzanians at a mine in Mpika district.
