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2009 in Ethiopia

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Other events of 2009 Timeline of Ethiopian history

The following lists events that happened during 2009 in Ethiopia.

Contents

January

  • January 2 - Ethiopia withdraws its military forces from Somalia after two years of helping the Transitional Federal Government combat insurgents.

    • February

  • February 23 - Ethiopian national Benyam Mohammed is released from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base's detention camp.

    • April

  • April 25 - Ethiopia arrests 35 people in connection with Berhanu Nega's plan to overthrow the government.

    • May

  • May 19 - Ethiopia's National Defense Force reenters Somalia.

    • September

  • September 17 - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi denounces an International Crisis Group (ICG) report that warns his country could descend into ethnic violence ahead of its first national election since a 2005 poll triggered deadly street clashes.
  • September 19 - A six-nation east African regional bloc consisting of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda urges global sanctions on Eritrea for backing Islamist rebels in neighbouring war-torn Somalia.

    • October

  • October 22 - Ethiopia appeals for food aid for 6.2 million people facing starvation.

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