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.

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Events

February

  • 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

  • April 16 - Gunmen ambush a bus killing nine people and wounding six others in western Ethiopia near the Sudanese border.[1]

May

November

  • 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

  • December 6 - At least 70 drown when a migrant boat from Ethiopia sinks off the Red Sea coast of Yemen.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Gunmen kill nine in western Ethiopia bus attack: state media". 16 April 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Ethiopia protest: Ambo students killed in Oromia state". 2 May 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Human rights campaigner says African Union should move headquarters out of Ethiopia". 5 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Yemen migrant boat carrying Ethiopians sinks killing 70". 7 December 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
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