Sunday, February 8, 2026

Federal Police and Oromia Police forces are searching for the culprits

Deep Kamara, country manager of Dangote Cement Ethiopia, his secretary Beakal Alelign and their driver, Tsegaye Gidey, were killed by unknown people while driving on their way back to Addis Ababa from the site of the cement factory on Wednesday afternoon.
The Command Post, Federal Police and Oromia Police forces are searching for the culprits who murdered the employees of Dangote Cement Ethiopia, near the factory 80km west of Addis Ababa.
Deep Kamara, in his late sixties is a father of two children. The remains of Kamara were flown to New Dehli, India, on Thursday night.
Beakal Alelign’s body was laid to rest in Ferensay Abo Church on Thursday. Beakal in her late thirties joined Dangote Cement in June 2015. She was married and a mother of three.
The body of Tsegaye Gidey was sent to Adigrat town, Tigray Regional State, where his family lives. Tsegaye, in his mid-thirties, was married.
Dangote Cement, owned by billionaire Nigerian Aliko Dangote, is Ethiopia’s biggest cement producer.

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