In our series of letters from Africa, Nigerian novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani visits an influential traditional ruler who often swaps his royal garb for boots and a hoe in a bid to encourage his subjects to take up farming. When the Emir of Keffi in Nasarawa state in north-central Nigeria died in 2015, his 52-year-old […]
ADDIS ABABA/BEIJING (REUTERS, BLOOMBERG) – China, Ethiopia and Indonesia grounded their Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 fleets on Monday (March 11) while investigators found the black box from a crash that killed 157 people in the second disaster involving that airplane model in the last six months. The Ethiopian Airlines jet bound for Nairobi crashed […]
Passengers from more than 30 countries were on board the Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi that crashed on Sunday, killing 157 people. Among the victims were 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians and seven Britons, according to a passenger list from the doomed flight published by Ethiopian officials. A number of passengers […]
US plane maker Boeing faces questions after an Ethiopian Airlines 737 crash on Sunday killed all 157 people on board. It was the second crash in five months involving a 737 Max 8, the newest version of the plane. Comparisons are being drawn with a Lion Air accident last October where the plane lost altitude […]
CHICAGO (REUTERS) – A fatal crash in Ethiopia on Sunday (March 10) involving an updated version of Boeing’s best-selling 737 is putting the spotlight back on the aircraft just five months after another deadly crash involving another brand-new model of the same type in Indonesia. A Nairobi-bound Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines […]
The Irish passenger who died on an Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed just minutes after takeoff has been named locally as Irish developmental aid worker Michael ‘Mick’ Ryan. Mr Ryan, a native of Lahinch, Co Clare, had been working with the United Nations world food programme. Tragically, the accident occurred just weeks before he was […]
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – The Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday morning (March 10) may have been carrying people set to attend a major United Nations environmental conference in Nairobi, Kenya. The airline confirmed that four passengers were carrying UN passports, more than the one that officials had originally reported. “We are liaising with […]
An Irish citizen is among the victims of today’s Ethiopian Airlines disaster. Independent.ie understands officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs only became aware of an Irish link to the tragedy in recent hours. The flight left Bole airport in Addis Ababa at 8.38 am local time, before losing contact with the control tower just […]
NAIROBI (REUTERS) – An Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed on Sunday morning (March 10), Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said. A spokesman for the airlines told Reuters the flight crashed early on Sunday with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard. Flight ET 302 crashed near the town of Bishoftu, 62km south-east of the capital […]
PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA (AFP) – A local election observer was killed by stray bullet on Saturday (March 9) in southeast Nigeria’s Enugu state, police said. “The man was a local observer monitoring the gubernatorial and house of assembly election,” a police officer who did not want to be named, told AFP. “He was hit by […]