2018 in Ethiopia

List of events

  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
2018
in
Ethiopia

  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:Other events of 2018
Timeline of Ethiopian history

The following lists events in the year 2018 in Ethiopia.

Incumbents

  • President: Mulatu Teshome
  • Prime Minister: Hailemariam Desalegn (until 15 February, care-taker from 15 February to 2 April), Abiy Ahmed Ali (from 2 April)

Events

January

  • 3 January - Prime Minister Desalegn announces that he will drop charges on political prisoners and close the camp of Maekelawi in effort he claims to "widen the democratic space for all".[1]
  • 22 January - Seven people die in clashes over the weekend in Woldiya, Amhara Region between security forces and Ethiopian Orthodox worshippers taking part in the ceremony of Timkat.[2]

July

  • 9 July – Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their twenty-year conflict.[3][4]

August

References

  1. ^ "Ethiopia to release imprisoned politicians, close camp". Associated Press. 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  2. ^ "Weekend clashes during Ethiopia religious festival leave seven dead". Reuters. 2018-01-22. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  3. ^ "Former sworn enemies Ethiopia and Eritrea have declared end of war". CNN. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  4. ^ "Ethiopia's Abiy and Eritrea's Afewerki declare end of war". BBC News. July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
  5. ^ Maasho, Aaron (August 13, 2018). Holmes, David (ed.). "At least 40 killed by paramilitaries in eastern Ethiopia". Reuters. At least 40 people were killed by paramilitary forces in eastern Ethiopia over the weekend, a senior regional official said on Monday, in the latest spate of violence driven by ethnic divisions. [...] On Monday, the Oromiya regional administration's spokesman Negeri Lencho said heavily armed members of a paramilitary force from the Somali region had carried out cross-border attacks in Oromiya's East Hararghe district.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Years in Ethiopia (1855–present)
19th century
  • Pre-1850s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
20th century
  • 1910s
  • 1920s
  • 1930
  • 1931
  • 1932
  • 1933
  • 1934
  • 1935
  • 1936
  • 1937
  • 1938
  • 1939
  • 1940
  • 1941
  • 1942
  • 1943
  • 1944
  • 1945
  • 1946
  • 1947
  • 1948
  • 1949
  • 1950
  • 1951
  • 1952
  • 1953
  • 1954
  • 1955
  • 1956
  • 1957
  • 1958
  • 1959
  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 1963
  • 1964
  • 1965
  • 1966
  • 1967
  • 1968
  • 1969
  • 1970
  • 1971
  • 1972
  • 1973
  • 1974
  • 1975
  • 1976
  • 1977
  • 1978
  • 1979
  • 1980
  • 1981
  • 1982
  • 1983
  • 1984
  • 1985
  • 1986
  • 1987
  • 1988
  • 1989
  • 1990
  • 1991
  • 1992
  • 1993
  • 1994
  • 1995
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999
  • 2000
21st century
  • v
  • t
  • e
2018 in Africa
Sovereign states
States with limited
recognition
Dependencies and
other territories
  • Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla  (Spain)
  • Madeira (Portugal)
  • Mayotte / Réunion (France)
  • Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)