Government officials, doctors among Ethiopian crash victims
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He was due to return home on the flight after working as the match commissioner in an
— Cedric Asiavugwa, a law student at
Asiavugwa, who was in his third year at the law school, was born and raised in Mombasa,
At Georgetown, Asiavugwa studied international business and economic law.
The university said Asiavugwa's family and friends "remembered him as a kind, compassionate and gentle soul, known for his beautifully warm and infectious smile."
—Pius Adesanmi, a Nigerian professor with
The author of "Naija No
"Pius was a towering figure in African and post-colonial scholarship and his sudden loss is a tragedy," said
Adesanmi was the winner of the inaugural Penguin Prize for African non-fiction writing in 2010.
Adesanmi was "extremely nice and approachable," and stood out for his passion for the subject matter, Dick said.
—Mohamed Hassan Ali confirmed that he had lost his sister and niece.
Ali said his sister, Amina Ibrahim Odowaa, and her five-year-old daughter, Safiya, were on board the jet that went down six minutes after it took off from the
"(She was) a very nice person, very outgoing, very friendly. Had a lot of friends," he said of his sister, who lived in
Amina Ibrahim Odowaa and her daughter
The 33-year-old
A family friend said Odowaa has lived in
— Derick Lwugi, an accountant with the
The couple had been in
— The aid group Save the Children said an Ethiopian colleague died in the crash.
—A statement from the
The statement said the embassy was in close contact with
—Paolo Dieci, one of the founders of the
"The world of international cooperation has lost one of its most brilliant advocates and Italian civil society has lost a precious point of reference," wrote the group, which partners with
UNICEF Italia sent a tweet of condolences over Dieci's death, noting that CISP, the group's Italian acronym, was a partner in
—Sebastiano Tusa, the Sicilian regional assessor to the
In a tweet, Italian Premier
Tusa was also a noted underwater archaeologist.
—The World Food Program confirmed that two of the Italian victims worked for the
A WFP spokeswoman identified the victims as
—Three other Italians worked for the
—A group representing members of the African diaspora in
A French Tunisian, Saafi, 38, was on an official mission representing the
"Karim's smile, his charming and generous personality, eternal positivity, and his noble contribution to Youth employment, diaspora engagement and
Saafi left behind a fiancee.
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Father Adrian described her as a "very soft and loving" woman whose "work was not a job — it was her vocation".
"Everybody was very proud of her and the work she did. We're still in a state of shock. Joanna was genuinely one of those people who you never heard a bad word about," he told the DevonLive website.
He also said she used to keep homing pigeons and pet rats and travelled to the remote
Manuel Barange, the director of
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Waithaka had dual Kenyan and British citizenship, the
—The United Nations migration agency said that one of its staffers, German citizen
—A lawmaker of Slovak Parliament said his wife, daughter and son were killed in the crash. Anton Hrnko, a legislator for the ultra-nationalist
Martin Hrnko was working for the Bubo travel agency. The agency said he was traveling for his vacation in
President
—Austrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Peter Guschelbauer confirmed that three Austrian doctors in their early 30s were on board the flight. The men were on their way to
—The Russian Embassy in
News reports identify the first two as husband and wife. State news agency RIA-Novosibirsk cites a consular official in
— Hospitality company
— Irishman
The
His projects have included creating safe ground for
Irish premier
—The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it received the news of retired Ambassador
Bashu was born in
At the time of his death, Bashu was on contract with the
—The Red Cross of
Aadland, 28, was originally from
Aadland's Linkedin page says she had done humanitarian and environmental work. The page says her work and studies had taken her to
"People who know me describe me as a resourceful, dedicated and kindhearted person," she wrote on Linkedin.
The
The Vecernje Novosti daily reported that he worked at the
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