Zambian government Copyright: Zambian government President Hakainde Hichilema sees the IMF loan as a vote of confidence in the country Image caption: President Hakainde Hichilema sees the IMF loan as a vote of confidence in the country South Africa's Enyobeni Tavern deaths: Tears for teenagers at mass funeral.Of violating South Africa's liquor laws and selling alcohol to minors, isĮxpected to appear in court on Friday for a pre-trial hearing.

Report ruled out binge drinking, carbon monoxide poisoning and a stampede In all the victims' bodies, according to a press briefing by the Eastern CapeĪ forensic pathologist also said the initial autopsy Poisonous chemical normally used in manufacturing cleaning detergents, was found This comes after it emerged that traces of methanol, which is a But theĬredibility of the report, which has been presented to the families, has beenīrought into question by relatives who said they weren’t satisfied with what The families of the victims were briefed separately. Than two months, the parents of the young victims who collapsed while dancingĪt a popular Eastern Cape nightspot have said they’ve been left with moreĭeclined to publicly disclose the cause of death, saying the matter was Into the mysterious deaths of 21 young South Africans - mostly teenagers - suggest that they suffocated due to overcrowding, their families say.įrom the health department have been briefing the families of those whoĭied while partying at the Enyobeni tavern in East London in The local authorities have urged people to be calm and said the strange smell and change in water colour was due to the recent heavy rains, Journal du Cameroon reports.ĪFP Copyright: AFP A mass funeral for the victims was held in July Image caption: A mass funeral for the victims was held in July Kahn Elvis, a geology expert from the University of Yaoundé, said the smell could have been caused by the sudden release of magma from beneath the lake's surface. In other words, the ancestors were responding to his passing. Some then started to leave the area but others stayed put, linking the natural phenomenon to the recent death of a traditional ruler.

Villagers in Kuk who went to investigate the smell found that the water had changed colour. The lake and nearby Kuk village are not far from Lake Nyos, where a sudden gas escape from beneath the water in 1986 killed more than 1,600 people and thousands of livestock. Getty Images Copyright: Getty Images Memories of the 1986 Lake Nyos disaster still haunt the area Image caption: Memories of the 1986 Lake Nyos disaster still haunt the areaĪ foul smell arising from Lake Kuk in North-West Cameroon has caused panic among some of the local villagers, the BBC's Randy Joe Sa'ah reports. The judges will then write the judgement over the weekend and deliver the ruling on Monday. They accused petitioners of engineering a constitutionalĬrisis to achieve their political objectives.Īnd clarifications sought by the seven-judge bench on Friday. Told that the allegations made about the dispute between the commissioners and theĬhairperson were merely sensational and do not warrant a nullification of the They challenged the petitioners to provide proof toĭemonstrate that the results transmission system was compromised. Mr Odinga and others saying they lacked merit because they had not tabled evidence to The legal teams urged the court to dismiss pleas made by

Lawyers representing the electoral commissionĪnd President-elect William Ruto challenged the petition by presidentialĬandidate Raila Odinga and six others seeking to overturn the result of the 9 August election. Kenya’s Supreme Court concluded the presidential EPA Copyright: EPA Chief Justice Martha Koome is leading the panel of seven Supreme Court judges Image caption: Chief Justice Martha Koome is leading the panel of seven Supreme Court judges

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