2014 in Ethiopia

none thumb | right | Rift in an old lava flow, nearby Mont Fentale, Ethiopia, in 2014 2014 The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Ethiopia. Incumbents President: Mulatu Teshome Prime Minister: Hailemariam Desalegn Events Ongoing Oromo protests 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.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-attacks-idUSBREA3F0FX20140416 Gunmen kill nine in western Ethiopia bus attack: state media 16 April 2014 10 January 2015 May 2 May – At least nine students are killed in protests in Oromia Region.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27251331 Ethiopia protest: Ambo students killed in Oromia state 2 May 2014 10 January 2015 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.https://www.foxnews.com/world/human-rights-campaigner-says-african-union-should-move-headquarters-out-of-ethiopia/ Human rights campaigner says African Union should move headquarters out of Ethiopia 5 November 2014 10 January 2015 December 6 December – At least 70 drown when a migrant boat from Ethiopia sinks off the Red Sea coast of Yemen.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-30371917 Yemen migrant boat carrying Ethiopians sinks killing 70 7 December 2014 10 January 2015 Deaths 6 March – Alemayehu Atomsa, 45, President of Oromia Region (2010–2014).Awramba Times » [Breaking News] Alemayehu Atomsa dies at age 45 after battle with typhoid fever http://www.awrambatimes.com/?p=11586 https://web.archive.org/web/20140306131800/http://www.awrambatimes.com/?p=11586 2014-03-06 2025-08-13 www.awrambatimes.com References 2014 in Category:2010s in Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiopia Category:Years of the 21st century in Ethiopia