**A Briton working for an oil company has been shot dead in Ethiopia, the Foreign Office has confirmed.**The 39-year-old geologist was killed on Monday near Danot, a town in the Warder zone of Ethiopia.
He worked for IMC Geophysics International - which was subcontracted to Malaysian oil giant Petronas.
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