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Simegnew Bekele

A preliminary report has found that Ethiopian engineer Simegnew Bekele – who was in charge of the country’s $4.7bn (£3.1bn) hydroelectric dam project – took his own life, state-linked Fana Broadcasting Corporate reports.

“His death was a suicide,” police said in a press conference.

His body was found in a car parked at Meskel Square in the city centre in the capital, Addis Ababa, on 26 July. (BBC)

Read: Why Ethiopia is grieving for ‘hero’ dam engineer Simegnew Bekele

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