ZAMBIA – Ndola-based journalist Humphrey Nkonde has been discovered dead, 10 days after he went missing from home and his work place, mission press.
Nkonde is suspected to have been abducted before his death.
“We discovered a body on September 26 which was in a decomposed state near
Chilengwa Na Lesa dam in Masaiti.” Zambia Copperbelt Police Deputy Commissioner Wamunyima Wamunyima said
He “Police officers buried the body in Masaiti and now they suspect it could have been Nkonde.” Wamunyima added
Wamunyima said police officers would exhume the body for a postmortem and determine if it was Nkonde.
But sources at the Catholic-owned Mission Press where Nkonde worked said they last saw him on September 22 and was supposed to leave for Germany on September 23.
Nkonde contributed articles to the Times of Zambia, Zambia Daily Mail and several international travel publications before joining Mission Press.
