NAMES of some of the world’s prominent figures who were killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash have been released.
Slovakian MP Anton Hrnko, the vice-chairman of the Slovak National Party, has posted on Facebook to say his wife and two children were among the four Slovakians killed in the crash
Jonathan Seex, chief executive officer of the catering and hospitality company Tamarind Group, was killed in the crash.
Former Kenya Football Federation (KFF) Secretary General Hussein Swaleh is dead after it was confirmed that he was on the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday morning on its way from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.
Swaleh was returning from Caf Champions League match pitting Egyptian side Ismailia and DRC’s TP Mazembe played on Friday in Cairo. He was the match commissioner during the contest.
Shahaad Abdishakur, the protocol officer for the Somalian prime minister, was among those killed in the crash, Radio Dalsan, a privately-owned Somali radio station, reports.View image on Twitter
BREAKING #Somalia Prime Minister’s protocol officer Shahaad Abdishakur among the 157 killed in the #Nairobi bound Ethiopia Airlines which crashed in Adis Ababa751:48 PM – Mar 10, 201979 people are talking about thisTwitter Ads info and privacy
An Al Jazeera journalist is tweeting that delegates heading to a UN environmental meeting set to kickoff in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, on Monday, are among those who died in the crash.
She reports that French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to attend the event.
Some of those onboard were delegates to the UN Environment summit to start on Monday. President @EmmanuelMacron expected to attend. 8 of his citizens were on the flight.54:35 PM – Mar 10, 2019Twitter Ads info and privacySee Catherine Wambua- Soi’s other Tweets
A meeting of the UN Environment Assembly is scheduled to start in Nairobi on Monday.
Rose Mwebaza of the African Development Bank said there was a “sombre mood” ahead of the summit, as delegates mourn colleagues who died en route.
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