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]