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Index Of Ethiopia-related Articles
Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Ethiopia include: __NOTOC__ 0-9 * 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia * 2007–2008 Ethiopian crackdown in Ogaden * 2015 Ethiopian general election * 2021 Ethiopian general election * 1960 in Ethiopia * 1974 in Ethiopia * 2001 in Ethiopia * 2003 in Ethiopia * 2005 in Ethiopia * 2006 in Ethiopia * 2007 in Ethiopia * 2009 in Ethiopia * 2012 in Ethiopia * 2013 in Ethiopia * 2014 in Ethiopia * 2015 in Ethiopia * 2016 in Ethiopia * 2017 in Ethiopia * 2018 in Ethiopia * 2019 in Ethiopia * 2020 in Ethiopia * 2021 in Ethiopia A * Adama (Nazreth) * Addis Ababa * Addis Neger (newspaper) * Addis Neger (website) * Addis Ababa University * Aethiopia * Afar language * Agriculture in Ethiopia * Aman Andom * Amharic language * Anuak language * Anuak people * Anuak Militants * Arba Minch * Arba Minch Airport US drone base * Army of the Ethiopian Empire * Assab * Awasa Hawassa * Amhara region B * Bahir Dar * Banco di Napoli see Commercial Bank of Eth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east and northeast, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia has a total area of . As of 2022, it is home to around 113.5 million inhabitants, making it the 13th-most populous country in the world and the 2nd-most populous in Africa after Nigeria. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African and Somali tectonic plates. Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out to the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithic period. Southwestern Ethiopia has been proposed as a possible homeland of the Afroasiatic langua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 In Ethiopia
The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Ethiopia. Incumbents *President: Mulatu Teshome *Prime Minister: Hailemariam Desalegn Events April *April 6 - Seasonal rains come early to the country, causing floods, leaving at least 28 people dead. *April 16 - Ethiopia claims that South Sudanese men killed at least 140 people across the border. June *June 13 - Ethiopia and Eritrea argue over who caused a recent border clash between the two nations. August *August 5 - Student protests erupt in Addis Ababa and quickly spread across the country. *August 8 - Over 50 protesters are killed by security forces over the past few days. Internet and journalist access is also restricted by the government. September *September 5 - 23 prisoners are killed in a fire and stampede at the Kaliti Prison near the capital of Addis Ababa during an attempted prison break. October *October 2 - Police allegedly attack Oromo protesters at a religious festival in Bishoftu, causing a stampede t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agriculture In Ethiopia
Agriculture in Ethiopia is the foundation of the country's economy, accounting for half of gross domestic product (GDP), 83.9% of exports, and 80% of total employment. Ethiopia's agriculture is plagued by periodic drought, soil degradation caused by overgrazing, deforestation, high levels of taxation and poor infrastructure (making it difficult and expensive to get goods to market). Yet agriculture is the country's most promising resource. A potential exists for self-sufficiency in grains and for export development in livestock, grains, vegetables, and fruits. As many as 4.6 million people need food assistance annually. Agriculture accounts for 36% percent of the nation's Gross domestic Product (GDP) as of 2020. Many other economic activities depend on agriculture, including marketing, processing, and export of agricultural products. Production is overwhelmingly of a subsistence nature, and a large part of commodity exports are provided by the small agricultural cash-crop sect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afar Language
The Afar language ( aa, Qafaraf, links=no; also known as ’Afar Af, Afaraf, Qafar af) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken by the Afar people inhabiting Djibouti, Eritrea and Ethiopia. Classification Afar is classified within the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic family. It is further categorized in the Lowland East Cushitic sub-group, along with Saho and Somali. Its closest relative is the Saho language. Geographic distribution The Afar language is spoken as a mother tongue by the Afar people in Djibouti, Eritrea, and the Afar Region of Ethiopia. According to ''Ethnologue'', there are 1,379,200 total Afar speakers. Of these, 1,280,000 were recorded in the 2007 Ethiopian census, with 906,000 monolinguals registered in the 1994 census. Official status In Djibouti, Afar is a recognized national language. It is also one of the broadcasting languages of the Radio Television of Djibouti public network. In Eritrea, Afar is recognized as on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aethiopia
Ancient Aethiopia, ( gr, Αἰθιοπία, Aithiopía; also known as Ethiopia) first appears as a geographical term in classical documents in reference to the upper Nile region of Sudan, as well as certain areas south of the Sahara desert. Its earliest mention is in the works of Homer: twice in the ''Iliad'', and three times in the ''Odyssey''. The Greek historian Herodotus "specifically" uses the appellation to refer to such parts of sub-Saharan Africa as were then known within the inhabitable world. In classical antiquity, ''Africa'' (or ' Ancient Libya') specifically referred to what is now known as the Maghreb and south of the Libyan Desert and Western Sahara, including all the desert land west of the southern Nile river in North Africa, and not to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geographical knowledge of the continent gradually grew, with the Greek travelogue ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'' (1st century AD) describing areas along the Red Sea (Erythraean Sea). Etymology The Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa University (AAU) ( am, አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ) is a national university located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It is the oldest university in Ethiopia. AAU has thirteen campuses. Twelve of these are situated in Addis Ababa, and one is located in Bishoftu, about away. AAU has several associated research institutions including the Institute of Ethiopian Studies. The Ministry of Education admits qualified students to AAU based on their score on the Ethiopian University Entrance Examination (EUEE). History The origins of AAU was a two-year college in 1950 by the Jesuit Lucien Matte, at the appeal of ''His Majesty Emperor'' Haile Selassie I. It began operations the following year. Over the following two years an affiliation with the University of London, and University of Oxford was developed. Africans from various parts of the continent would receive free scholarships through programs subsidized by the Organisation of African Unity for higher learning. AAU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addis Neger (website)
''Addis Neger'' was an Ethiopian daily news website published in Maryland, USA, for a worldwide Ethiopian audience. It was the largest metropolitan website available for the Ethiopian diaspora. Founded on August 4, 2006, the site was rated the number one Ethiopian news web site in 2008. However, it was not connected to the popular '' Addis Neger'' private newspaper in Ethiopia. The original ''Addis Neger'' news outlet was founded in 2005 by two political science students in Ethiopia. After the government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ... arrested one of the students, the other fled to the U.S. and established the website in 2006 in order to publicize the political and social situation in Ethiopia. The names of the members were purposely kept hidden until the impri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addis Neger (newspaper)
''Addis Neger'' (Amharic "New Thing") was an Ethiopian weekly newspaper founded in 2007 by six journalists. It rapidly rose to prominence due to its presentations of credible and researched viewpoints before its sudden closure in December 2009. It was one of the few independent voices in Ethiopia. In 2009 all of Addis Neger's editors, including managing editor Mesfin Negash, executive editor, Abiye Teklemariam, editor-in-chief Tamerat Negera and other contributors and writers quietly slipped out of the country, fleeing from intimidation. Overview Allegedly, criminal charges were being prepared and staff were threatened. Early December 2009, when all six of its founding editors were safely outside of the country, they announced the closing down of their newspaper. They claimed that they had learned that the government was preparing to bring charges against them. It was the culmination of "months of persecution and harassment", they said in a final statement. They feared that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. Addis Ababa is a highly developed and important cultural, artistic, financial and administrative centre of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa was portrayed in the 15th century as a fortified location called "Barara" that housed the emperors of Ethiopia at the time. Prior to Emperor Dawit II, Barara was completely destroyed during the Ethiopian–Adal War and Oromo expansions. The founding history of Addis Ababa dates back in late 19th-century by Menelik II, Negus of Shewa, in 1886 after finding Mount Entoto unpleasant two years prior. At the time, the city was a resort town; its large mineral spring abundance attracted nobilities of the empire, led them to establish permanent settlement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adama
Adama ( Oromo: ' or ', Amharic: አዳማ), formerly Nazreth ( am, ናዝሬት), is a city in the central Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Located in the East Shewa Zone southeast of the capital, Addis Ababa, the city sits between the base of an escarpment to the west, and the Great Rift Valley to the east. Overview Adama is a busy transportation center. The city is situated along the road that connects Addis Ababa with Dire Dawa. A large number of trucks use this same route to travel to and from the seaports of Djibouti and Asseb (though the latter is not currently used by Ethiopia, following the Eritrean-Ethiopian War). Additionally, the new Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway runs through Adama. Adama Science and Technology University (ASTU) (formerly Nazareth Technique College) is located in Adama. Adama Stadium is the home of Adama City FC, a member of the Ethiopian Football Federation league. History The city name Adama may have been derived from the Oromo word ', which means a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 In Ethiopia
Events in the year 2021 in Ethiopia. Incumbents *President: Sahle-Work Zewde *Prime Minister: Abiy Ahmed Events *Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia – Benishangul-Gumuz conflict (since 2019) – Tigray War (since 2020) January *3 January – Sudan, Egypt, and Ethiopia agree to hold further talks this month to resolve their dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile. *5 January – The government promises to repair the centuries-old Al Nejashi Mosque and the Orthodox Christian of Saint Emmanuel in Wukro that were damaged in December 2020 during the Tigray conflict in the Tigray conflict. *6 January **Major General Belay Seyoum admits that troops from the Eritrean Army entered Tigray Region in December 2020. **An Italian company apologizes for naming a type of pasta "Abissine," reminiscent of the colonial-era fascist name for Ethiopia. *9 January – at least 750 people are killed in an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church in Tigray. Locals blame r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 In Ethiopia
Events of 2020 in Ethiopia. Incumbents *President: Sahle-Work Zewde *Prime Minister: Abiy Ahmed Events January–March *7 January – Orthodox Tewahedo Christmas in Ethiopia and Eritrea *19 January – Timkat, celebration of Epiphany in the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches *14 February – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo begins a visit to Senegal, Angola, and Ethiopia. *20 February – The Netherlands returns a stolen crown to the Government of Ethiopia. *29 February – Egypt says it will use "all means" to defend its interests in a dispute with Ethiopia and Sudan over the new dam on the Nile River. *2 March – Victory of Adwa Day *13 March – 1st case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia *25 March – At least 60 people believed to be migrants from Ethiopia are found dead in a cargo container in Tete, Mozambique. April–June *13 April – 14,000 cases of COVID-19 and 788 deaths have been reported across Africa. Cases by country: Comoros – 0, Djibo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
