Ethiopia: Grand renaissance dam engineer’s death ruled as suicideThe death of the chief engineer on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, whose body was found inside a Toyota Land Cruiser near a busy square in Addis Ababa, has been declared a suicide by Ethiopian police. Simegnew Bekele, 53, was found in the car on 26 July with a gunshot wound to the head, and a firearm beside him. Mr Simegnew had been the public face of the project, and news of his death prompted an outpouring of grief in Ethiopia and a demand for an investigation. Zeinu Jamal, the country’s commissioner of police, told reporters on Friday that the evidence indicated that Mr Simegnew had taken his own life. Image: Work on the renaissance dam is reportedly running behind schedule (Government of Ethiopia)Further reading

Source: Ethiopian News September 10, 2018 12:56 UTC