Mohamed Amin

This article is about the Kenyan photojournalist. For other people, see Mohammed Amin (disambiguation).
Mohamed "Mo" Amin
MBE
Born(1943-08-29)29 August 1943
Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya Colony
Died23 November 1996(1996-11-23) (aged 53)
Indian Ocean near Grande Comore, Comoros
OccupationPhotojournalist

Mohamed Amin MBE (29 August 1943 – 23 November 1996) was a Kenyan photojournalist.

Amin's filming of Michael Buerk's report of the 1984 Ethiopian famine brought international attention to the crisis and eventually helped start the charity wave that resulted in Live Aid concerts.[1]

Amin died in November 1996 when his flight Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 was hijacked and crashed into the Indian Ocean near Grande Comore.

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