A Zambian student studying French in Algeria has been discovered dead after he went missing for Eight days.
Bernard Mumbi who was a first year student went missing on February, 22nd 2015 and was discovered dead today at a hospital in Algiers.
His brother Nyunga Mumbi says Bernard got sick and decided to go to Algiers city where his brother stays but he never reached.
And students studying in Algeria have appealed to the Zambian government to put a Zambian embassy in Algeria and look into their needs
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education are saddened by the death of Bernard Mumbi a Zambian university student in Algeria.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary George Zulu says Bernard, 19, was studying Geology in Algeria under the Zambia/Algeria government scholarship scheme.
Mr Zulu says Bernard’s cousin Nyunga Kalipeta reported that Bernard got sick and decided to travel from Annaba to Algiers city where he stays to seek better medical attention.
He says Nyunga expected Bernard to arrive in Algiers around 23:00 hours at his residence but unfortunately he never reached.
Records found by students indicated that Bernard was admitted at Bachar Teaching Hospital after he collapsed at a bus station on Sunday.
Mr Zulu says the education attaché in Algiers is making arrangements for the body of Bernard to be repatriated to Zambia at the earliest possible time.
He said the date of repatriation of Bernard’s body will only be known after the necessary documentation by the Algerian authorities.
Sad story. MHSRIP
I implore our people to value taking some annual physical check ups. They help to prevent such incidences. The sooner we get to know our medical issues, the better we can address them.
Condolences to the family on this loss. Its always painful to lose young and promising life. MHSRIP.
@Wiseman, even malaria can be detected in annual check-ups?
Very sad indeed. MHSRIP.
Especially that ka mwaiche fye, 19 years old can be my son. Only that HH is being harrased by PF, he could have helped those students there. Naumfwa ichikonko mwe.
I register my condolences to his family: MHSRIP.
Sorry to the family and friends .
Zambians should avoid going to some of these backward countries regardless of free scholarships. Russia, North Africa, south America etc are not safe regions for a black man. It is better to stay at home than die a lonely death in a foreign country.
You are right Buck Teeth Lungu, these countries are not safe for blacks. it’s just better to stay at home than go there to be abused by these racists. Nayway it’s poverty which leads to such, what can you do when you need higher education but you don’t have money to pay. I am really saddnned by this event, he has died so young
You are right Buck Teeth Lungu, these countries are not safe for blacks. it’s just better to stay at home than go there to be abused by these racists. Nayway it’s poverty which leads to such, what can you do when you need higher education but you don’t have money to pay. I am really saddnned by this event, he has died so young, MYSRIEP
Algeria backward? then something wrong with you or you say it out of xenophobia!
The headline to the story can be misleading if taken at face value. One would have thought the gentleman died due to criminal elements but it was instead from a possible illness which could have happened even here
Sad reading indeed. MHSRIP.
The article is however turned into a puzzle by LT’s incompetent editors. All you can get from this read is that a Zambian student has surely died in Algeria. The other details are all confusing. One time the Bernard is studying French and next is studying Geology, and then family brother becomes a cousin….I don’t know
In some countries malaria is not well treated because it was eliminated and few people get it.
Aside from the core information of Bernard’s unfortunate demise, this whole report is schizophrenic at best. Incoherent and devoid of any consistency. Sorry LT – you continue to disappoint.
May his soul rest in internal peace
BERNARD IS A CHINGOLA RESIDENT THE MOTHER IS A NURSE AT NORTH HOSPITAL ITS REALLY SAD NEWS FOR THIS YOUNG MAN MHSRIP
Why is so difficult to simply write a report that people will understand, first you put a misleading headline and then you come up with all sorts of stories within a single story. LT please be consistent in your reporting, leave out all the unnecessary issues. MHSRIP
Very sad development mwe. Heartfelt condolences to the family.
How come two brothers are in one country? What was the elder brother doing in algiers? He must be investigated and at 19 studying Geology in French is a really unique, we have lost one PF vote, hence the brother must be deported so he can vote in 2016
God Bless our young chap. Surely he rests in the peace of Christ.
Bernard, you are loved and we lift you up to Christ for all eternity.
Rest in peace beloved.
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