2024 in Ethiopia explained

The following is a list of events predicted and scheduled to take place in the year 2024 in Ethiopia.

Incumbents

• President: Sahle-Work Zewde
• Prime Minister: Abiy Ahmed

Events

Ongoing

• War in Amhara^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  • OLA insurgency Gambela conflict^{[6] [7]}
• House demolition^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}
• Detention and arbitrary arrest
• Educational crisis in Ethiopia since 2020
• Addis Ababa City Corridor Project

January

• 1 January –
  • Ethiopia announces an agreement with Somaliland to use 20 kilometers of coastline, including the port of Berbera, in exchange for eventual recognition of the Somaliland Declaration of Independence, which would make it the first country to do so.^[13]
  • Ethiopia formally joins the BRICS group.^[14]

February

• 23 February – An airstrike kills at least 15 people and wounds over 20 more in North Shewa. Many of the victims were fleeing clashes between Fano and the Ethiopian government.^[15]

March

• 1 March – Heavy fighting between the Fano militia and the federal government breaks out in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara Region.^[16]
• 15 March – The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) encounters a systematic glitch on its service involving the withdrawal of more than 40 million dollars. CBE officials suspect that the glitch was caused by economic and political reasons^[17] and the money was easily transferred to students in Dilla and Jimma University.^[18]

April

• 10 April — Bate Urgessa, a prominent OLF politician and critic of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, is found shot dead in Meki, East Shewa Zone in Oromia Region, leading to the arrest of 13 suspects and causing public outrage and international demands for an investigation.^[19]
• 12 April — A shootout in Addis Ababa between security forces and Fano members near Millennium Hall leaves one civilian and two Fano members dead and injures two police officers. The police claim the group was intercepted while planning a terrorist attack, with one member killed, another injured and arrested, and the leader fatally wounded.^[20]
• 24 April — Seven people are killed after a building collapses on a nearby house in Addis Ababa.^[21]

July

• 9 July – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets in Port Sudan with Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council leader and armed forces commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to seek an end to the Sudanese Civil War.^[22]
• 17 July – Nine police officers are killed in an attack on a police station near the Kumer refugee camp in Amhara Region.^[23]
• 21–22 July – 2024 Gofa landslides: At least 257 people are killed in two landslides caused by heavy rains that strike two villages in Gofa Zuria, South Ethiopia Regional State.^{[24] [25]}
• 22 July – Fano's Shewan Chief commander Colonel Asegid Mekonnen surrenders to the Ethiopian security forces.^{[26] [27]}
• 27 July – A boat carrying funeral goers sinks along the Tekeze River in Amhara Region, killing 19 of 26 passengers.^[28]
• 29 July – The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) imposes a flexible exchange rate policy for the Ethiopian birr as part of economic reforms recommended by the International Monetary Fund.^[29]

August

• 5 August – At least 13 people are killed and 300 others are evacuated following a landslide caused by heavy rains in Kindo Didaye, South Ethiopia.^[30]
• 9 August – Ethiopian Airlines signs an agreement with UAE-based consulting firm Dar to design a new airport in Bishoftu expected to be the largest in Africa.^[31]
• August – Heaven Awot, a seven-years old girl was brutally sexually assaulted, mutilated and murdered by her mother’s landlord Getnet Baye in Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.^[32]

See also

• Ethiopia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: ኢሰመኮ የዐማራ ክልል ውጥረት በውይይት እንዲፈታ አሳሰበ . 2023-05-10 . ቪኦኤ . 8 May 2023 . am.
2. Web site: Ethiopia: Amhara People, Betrayed Persecuted and Ignored – BY GRAHAM PEEBLES EthioReference . 2023-05-13 . ethioreference.com.
3. Web site: AAA-admin . 2023-05-05 . Update on Developments in Ethiopia – May 04, 2023 . 2023-05-13 . Amhara Association o . en.
4. Web site: 2023-04-15 . Ethiopia's post-war challenge: Disarming regional militias . 2023-05-13 . The East African . en.
5. Web site: ACLED . Communications . 2023-05-06 . EPO April 2023 Monthly: Volatility in Amhara Region While the Rest of the Country Stabilizes . 2023-05-10 . Ethiopia Peace Observatory . en-US.
6. Web site: Ethiopia Travel Advisory . 2023-07-21 . travel.state.gov.
7. Web site: 2023-07-20 . ግጭት እና ግድያ በተባባሰበት የጋምቤላ ክልል ሁሉም ከተሞች የሰዓት እላፊ ገደብ ተጣለ . 2023-07-21 . ቪኦኤ . am.
8. Web site: Ethiopia: Anger as govt. officials demolish hundreds of houses in area earmarked for development projects . 2023-03-09 . Business & Human Rights Resource Centre . fr.
9. Web site: AAA-admin . 2023-01-12 . Demolitions of Houses, Killings, and Bodily Injury of Amharas in the Newly Established Sheger City . 2023-03-09 . Amhara Association o . en.
10. Web site: 2023-05-26 . በአዲስ አበባ በተከሰተ ተቃውሞ ሁለት ሰዎች ሲሞቱ ከ100 በላይ ሰዎች በፖሊስ ተያዙ . 2023-05-27 . BBC News አማርኛ . am.
11. Web site: 2023-04-08 . Two people lost their lives in a march in Addis Ababa against the mosque's demolition – EthioExplorer.com . 2023-05-27 . en-US.
12. Web site: Presse . AFP-Agence France . 3 Killed As Muslims, Police Clash In Ethiopia Capital . 2023-06-09 . www.barrons.com . en-US.
13. News: 2024-01-02 . Somalia calls Ethiopia-Somaliland agreement act of aggression . en-GB . 2024-01-02.
14. Web site: 2024-01-01 . Iran joins BRICS group formally in 2024 . 2024-01-02 . Tehran Times . en.
15. Web site: 2024-02-23 . Airstrike in Ethiopia's Amhara kills about 15 civilians, residents say . 2024-02-23 . The East African . en.
16. Web site: 2024-03-01 . Fighting returns to Amhara region's main city Bahir Dar . 2024-03-02 . The East African . en.
17. Web site: 2024-03-19 . CBE reports massive cyber-attack attempts amid internal "glitch" causing loss of millions of birr . 2024-03-20 . Addis Standard . en-US.
18. News: 2024-03-18 . Commercial Bank of Ethiopia glitch lets customers withdraw millions . 2024-03-20 . en-GB.
19. Web site: 2024-04-11 . US Senator calls for impartial Investigation into killing of Ethiopian opposition OLF political officer Bate Urgessa . 2024-04-13 . Addis Standard . en-US.
20. Web site: 2024-04-12 . City police say three killed, two injured during shootout with "extremist Fano" members in Addis Abeba . 2024-04-12 . Addis Standard . en-US.
21. Web site: 2024-04-25 . Building collapse kills 7 in Ethiopian capital . 2024-04-25 . Africanews . en-US.
22. Web site: 2024-07-10 . Ethiopia's PM Ahmed visits Sudan, discusses peace with Burhan . 2024-07-10 . Sudan Tribune . en-US.
23. Web site: 2024-07-18 . Ethiopia: Nine policemen dead in attack near camp with Sudanese refugees . 2024-07-19 . Radio Dabanga . en-US.
24. Web site: 2024-07-23 . At least 229 people killed in Ethiopia landslides . 2024-07-23 . Al Jazeera . en-US.
25. Web site: 2024-07-25 . Ethiopia mudslide death toll rises to 257 . 2024-07-26 . Africanews . en-US.
26. Web site: Amhara Fano Shewa Command Chief Surrenders to Government Security Forces . 2024-07-25 . ENA English . en-US.
27. Web site: 2024-07-22 . Ethiopian gov't says a leading Fano leader in Shewa "surrendered" . 2024-07-25 . Borkena Ethiopian News . en-US.
28. Web site: 19 killed in boat accident in Ethiopia’s war-torn Amhara region . 2024-07-29 . Associated Press . en-US.
29. Web site: Ethiopia’s currency dives by 30% as IMF-backed reforms to stabilize the economy take effect . 2024-07-30 . Associated Press . en-US.
30. Web site: At least 13 killed and 300 evacuated after deadly landslide in southern Ethiopia . 6 August 2024 . Associated Press . en-US.
31. Web site: Ethiopian Airlines signs deal for $6 billion mega airport . 10 August 2024 . France 24 . en-US.
32. Web site: Heaven Awot: Ethiopia outcry over rape and murder of girl aged 7 . 2024-08-19 . www.bbc.com . en-GB.