2014 in Ethiopia
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The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Ethiopia.
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing
February
- 17 February – The 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
- 16 April – Gunmen ambush a bus killing nine people and wounding six others in western Ethiopia near the Sudanese border.[1]
May
- 2 May – At least nine students are killed in protests in Oromia Region.[2]
November
- 4 November – 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
- 6 December – At least 70 drown when a migrant boat from Ethiopia sinks off the Red Sea coast of Yemen.[4]
Deaths
- 6 March – Alemayehu Atomsa, 45, President of Oromia Region (2010–2014).[5]
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Awramba Times » [Breaking News] Alemayehu Atomsa dies at age 45 after battle with typhoid fever". www.awrambatimes.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
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