Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Simegnew Bekele was in charge of a massive project to dam the NileTop Ethiopian engineer Simegnew Bekele, whose death from a bullet wound in July sparked a huge outcry, took his own life, police say. Mr Simegnew's body was found in a car in the main square of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. At the time, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he was "saddened and utterly shocked" by the news of Mr Simegnew's death. Mr Simegnew's fingerprints had been found on the gun and the doors of the vehicle were all locked from the inside, the police chief added. Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Africa correspondent for the Wall Street Journal who knew Mr Simegnew, said he had come to represent Ethiopia's patriotic ambitions.

Source: Ethiopian News September 07, 2018 11:36 UTC