2014 in Ethiopia
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| See also: | Other events of 2014 Timeline of Ethiopian history | ||||
The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Ethiopia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]February
[edit]- February 17 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 between Addis Ababa and Rome is diverted to land at Geneva in an attempted hijacking by the co-pilot who claims to be seeking political asylum.
April
[edit]- April 16 - Gunmen ambush a bus killing nine people and wounding six others in western Ethiopia near the Sudanese border.[1]
May
[edit]- May 2 - At least nine students are killed in protests in Oromia Region.[2]
November
[edit]- November 4 - In Johannesburg, Angolan journalist and human rights campaigner Rafael Marques says the African Union should move its headquarters out of Ethiopia because of concerns about freedom of expression there.[3]
December
[edit]- December 6 - At least 70 drown when a migrant boat from Ethiopia sinks off the Red Sea coast of Yemen.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gunmen kill nine in western Ethiopia bus attack: state media". 16 April 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Ethiopia protest: Ambo students killed in Oromia state". 2 May 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Human rights campaigner says African Union should move headquarters out of Ethiopia". 5 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
- ^ "Yemen migrant boat carrying Ethiopians sinks killing 70". 7 December 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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