Anthony Mitchell (journalist)

Anthony Mitchell (born {{circa|1967–1968}};{{cite news|title=Jet crash site found in swamp|work=The Miami Herald|date=8 May 2007|accessdate=26 September 2020|url=https://newspapers.com/clip/60004550/|via=Newspapers.com}} died 5 May 2007) was a British journalist for the Associated Press. He was initially stationed in Ethiopia, but on 21 January 2006 he was expelled from the country by government press secretary Solomon Abebe.{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2006 |title=Djibouti (HAN) January 20, 2006 - Associated Press correspondent Anthony Mitchell arrives at Jomo Kenyatta airport in Nairobi, late Sunday, Jan. 22, 2006, after he was expelled from Ethiopia. Mitchell had been ordered Saturday to leave the country |url=http://geeskaafrika.com/ethiopia_23jan06.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927224047/http://geeskaafrika.com/ethiopia_23jan06.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 |access-date= |website=geeskaafrika.com}} He then moved to Kenya.

Mitchell died on Kenya Airways Flight 507 when it crashed in Cameroon with 114 passengers and crew.{{Cite news |date=May 8, 2007 |title=Rescuers prepare to resume search for jet |work=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/05/kenya.plane/index.html |url-status=dead |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510013146/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/05/05/kenya.plane/index.html |archive-date=May 10, 2007}}

He is buried in Chertsey Cemetery in Surrey.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}