They were all among the 157 people from 35 countries who died Sunday morning when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jetliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi, Kenya. Before he came to Georgetown, he worked with groups helping refugees in Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, the university said. — Derick Lwugi, an accountant with the City of Calgary, was also among the victims, his wife, Gladys Kivia, said. ___Ethiopia: 9 victims— The aid group Save the Children said an Ethiopian colleague died in the crash. —The World Food Program confirmed that two of the Italian victims worked for the Rome-based U.N. agency.

Source: Ethiopian News March 10, 2019 19:54 UTC