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.
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]