During the Sunday Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 767 Max – 8 plane crash, 19 UN staff died, says the UN Department of Safety and Security in Kenya. The plane was heading to Nairobi Kenya when before it was crashed six minutes later of its departure from Bole International Airport. The World Food Program (WFP) lost seven staff, the Office of the High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) lost two, as did the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Sudan, World Bank and UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) each lost one staff member. Six staff from the UN Office in Nairobi (UNON) have also lost their lives tragically.

Source: News Business Ethiopia March 11, 2019 09:45 UTC