2007 in Ethiopia

none 2007 The following lists events that happened during 2007 in Ethiopia. Incumbents President: Girma Wolde-Giorgis Prime Minister: Meles Zenawi Events Ongoing War in Somalia (2006–2009) January 7 January – Fighting breaks out between Somali protesters and Ethiopian troops in the town of Beledweyne after an official is arrested for refusing to hand over a member of the ousted Islamic Courts Union. Three people are reportedly injured.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6239035.stm Protests hit Somali border town 7 January 2007 16 January 2015 8 January – Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalia's interim President, arrives in the capital, Mogadishu, his first visit since Mujahideen forces of the Islamic Courts Union fled advancing Ethiopian troops and interim government soldiers.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6240269.stm Somali leader arrives in capital 8 January 2007 16 January 2015 23 January – Ethiopia begins withdrawing troops from Mogadishu.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6289781.stm Ethiopia starts Somalia pull-out 23 January 2007 16 January 2015 27 January – Ethiopia is going to withdraw one third of its troops stationed in Somalia by Sunday January 28, 2007, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6306675.stm More Ethiopians to quit Somalia 27 January 2007 16 January 2015 March 30 March – An Ethiopian helicopter is downed in Mogadishu as Ethiopian and Somali government troops battle insurgents.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6509729.stm Helicopter shot down in Somalia 30 March 2007 16 January 2015 April 22 April – More than 60 people are killed in the fourth day of heavy fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist militia in Mogadishu.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6579291.stm Scores killed in Somalia clashes 22 April 2007 16 January 2015 24 April - Ethiopian rebels from the Ogaden National Liberation Front raid a Chinese-run oil field in near the country's border with Somalia, killing 74.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6588055.stm Scores die in Ethiopia oil attack 24 April 2007 16 January 2015 July 20 July – The government of Ethiopia pardons and frees opposition leaders who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for their roles in riots following 2005 elections. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi denies that the release was forced by the United States.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6908039.stm Ethiopia releases protest leaders 20 July 2007 16 January 2015 September 1 September – International aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières has accused Ethiopia of denying it access to the country's eastern Ogaden region.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6973816.stm Ethiopia 'blocking MSF in Ogaden' 1 September 2007 16 January 2015 11 September – The Ethiopian third millennium is celebrated nationwide and concert performances organized in Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa. 13 September– Ethiopia will deploy 5,000 troops as part of a joint United Nations - African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan.http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article23746 Ethiopia to deploy 5000 troops in Darfur 14 September 2007 16 January 2015 5 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201105130332/https://sudantribune.com/spip.php?article23746 dead October 9 October – The Ethiopian Parliament re-elects Girma Wolde-Giorgis for a second six-year term. 21 October – The Ogaden National Liberation Front says it has carried out an attack on government troops, killing 140 troops.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7055081.stm 'Skirmishes' in Ethiopia's Ogaden 23 October 2007 16 January 2015 December 28 December – Ethiopian troops have withdrawn from a key town in central Somalia. Islamist insurgents say they now control Guriel.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7162957.stm Ethiopia leaves key Somali town 28 December 2007 16 January 2015 References 30em 2007 in Category:2000s in Ethiopia Category:Years of the 21st century in Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia