Ethiopian Airlines crash: South African and 21 UN workers among the victims
Kenya suffers the heaviest losses with at least 32 citizens killed of the 157 who perished
Nairobi — A prize-winning author, a football official and a team of humanitarian workers were among those who perished in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 30, government officials and employers said on Monday. Sunday's crash, minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa for a flight to Nairobi, inflicted a particularly heavy toll on the United Nations, which has large offices in both cities. At least 21 staff members were on board, said Stephane Dujarric, a UN spokesman. The number of UN staff members and aid workers from other agencies on board may have been higher than usual because of a week-long conference convened by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, which opened on Monday. World Bank employee Max Thabiso Edkins, 35, who was a dual German-South African national, was among those killed in the crash, CNN reported. He was en route to the UN gathering. The 157 victims, including 149 passengers and eight crew members, came from more than 30 countries, including the So...
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