The Assassination of Abdulkadir Kebire

27 Mar, 1949

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Abdulkadir Kebire, pioneer of the movement for independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia, was fatally wounded in Asmara by Unionist sympathizers.

Abdulkadir Kebire Abdulkadir Kebire

Abdulkadir Mohamed Saleh Kebire, the brilliant politician and and well respected pioneer of the movement for Eritrean Independence was fatally wounded in Asmara by Unionist sympathizers as he was preparing to head to New York to a UN session to make the case for the independence of Eritrea.

Abdulkadir Kebire, far right, days before his assassination; Yohannes Tsegai is second from left Abdulkadir Kebire, far right, days before his assassination; Yohannes Tsegai is second from left

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