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2014 in Ethiopia

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Other events of 2014 Timeline of Ethiopian history

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Ethiopia.

Contents

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.

    • May

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

    • 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.

    • December

  • December 6 - At least 70 drown when a migrant boat from Ethiopia sinks off the Red Sea coast of Yemen.

    • References

    2014 in Ethiopia Wikipedia
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