ADDIS
ABEBA(July 2,2008)
- An Ethiopian member of the African Union Observer Mission deployed
in Zimbabwe for the just-ended presidential run-off and the three
House of Assembly by-elections collapsed and died shortely after ward
the Zimbabwean Herald reported on Tuesday.
"Head of the observer mission and former President of Sierra
Leone Mr. Ahmed Tejan Kabbah announced the death of Professor Brehanu
Abebe, from Ethiopia's civil society," the newspaper reported
on its website.
It said Kabbah told that Prof Abebe collapsed at Holiday Inn and was
rushed to the Avenues Clinic where it said he died on arrival.
"Kabbah
said the AU Observer Mission was saddened by the death of one of
their staff members," said the report, adding the repatriation
of Prof Abebe's body to Ethiopia would be announced in due course.
The observer mission was composed of Pan-African Parliament legislators,
senior officials of election management bodies, prominent individuals
and members of the civil society organisations drawn from various
African countries.
The mission also included a support team of officials and technical
personnel from the African Union Commission, according to the report.
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