Zambia refers three men to their defence over deaths of 29 Ethiopians
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Diggers
Zambia’s High Court has referred three men to their defence in the trial over the deaths of 29 Ethiopian nationals. Jairos Njobvu, Stephen Sitali and Pethias Mayembe are facing human trafficking charges over alleged events in Lusaka in December 2022, Diggers reports.
The Lusaka High Court has referred three men to their defence after finding that the charges warranted a response in court, over accusations that they took part in trafficking 29 Ethiopian nationals, Zambian media outlet Diggers reports.
Jairos Njobvu, 30, and Stephen Sitali, 35, are drivers; Pethias Mayembe, 43, is a businessman. Each faces 29 counts of human trafficking under Zambia’s law amending legislation against trafficking. According to the charges, the three men allegedly acted together with unidentified people in Lusaka on 10 and 11 December 2022 to bring 29 Ethiopian men, whose identities have not been established, into a trafficking network.
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