2014 in Ethiopia explained

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Ethiopia.

Incumbents

• President

Mulatu Teshome

• Prime Minister

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

• May 2 - At least nine students are killed in protests in Oromia Region.^[2]

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]

Notes and References

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