No source, Cuban or Ethiopian, has specified the cause of the diplomat’s death.
Miami, United States. – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia reported and lamented on Monday the “sudden death” of Ambassador Ayele Lire Jijamo, who served as representative of his country in Cuba.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia expresses its deepest condolences for the sudden death of its excellence the Ayele Lire Jijamo ambassador, extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Ethiopia, on September 22, 2025, who served as an ethiopia ambassador to Cuba,” says The note Published by the Embassy of Ethiopia in Havana.
The communication adds that “the time and place of the funeral of the ambassador Ayele Lire will communicate at the time.”
According to the same source, “Ambassador Ayele Lire dedicated many years of distinguished service to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, occupying various leadership positions with professionalism and commitment.” It is also underlines that, “until his death,” the diplomat “faithfully represented Ethiopia, performing as an ambassador to Barbados, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, San Vicente and Las Granadinas, San Cristóbal and Nieves and Bahamas, in addition to his mission in the Embassy of Ethiopia in HavanaCuba ”.
The Ministry extended “his felt condolences” to his family, friends and colleagues in “this difficult moment.”
In A publication in XBerhanu Tsegaye, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, also expressed his condolences: “I extend my deepest condolences for the sudden death of SE Ayele Lire, extraordinary ambassador and plenipotentiary of Ethiopia in Cuba. My thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends and colleagues in this difficult time.”
The State Cuban agency Press Latina echoed the news. However, he also did not specify the cause of death of the Ethiopian diplomat.
