Ethiopia to investigate after 27 bodies discovered in Zambia

Ethiopian migrants often use Zambia when travelling to countries such as South Africa [File: Tony Karumba/AFP]

Ethiopia’s government will investigate the reported deaths of 27 of its citizens found dumped near Zambia’s capital, Lusaka, a discovery that has “alarmed” the United Nations’ migration agency.

Zambian police found the bodies of the 27 men on Sunday in Chongwe Ngwerere, a farming area on the outskirts of the capital. They died from suspected hunger and exhaustion, authorities said, and were believed to be migrants from Ethiopia.