Ethiopia Probes Killing of Dangote Cement Country Manager

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By Nizar Manek, 17  May 2018
(Bloomberg) --
Ethiopian authorities are investigating the murder of the country manager of Dangote Cement Plc, the manufacturer owned by Africa’s richest man, and two other staff.
Unidentified gunmen shot dead Deep Kamra, his secretary and his driver on Wednesday, Tariku Alemayehu, deputy manager for sales and marketing in Ethiopia, said by phone. The killings took place in broad daylight near Dangote’s factory in Mugher, about 90 kilometers (56 miles) north of Addis Ababa, the capital, Group Executive Director Edwin Devakumar said by email from Lagos, Nigeria, where Dangote’s head office is based.
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