Events in the year 2022 in
Ethiopia.
Incumbents
*
President:
Sahle-Work Zewde
*
Prime Minister:
Abiy Ahmed
Events
* Ongoing –
COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia,
Benishangul-Gumuz conflict
The Benishangul-Gumuz conflict was an armed conflict mostly in the Metekel Zone of the Benishangul-Gumuz Region in Ethiopia that started in 2019, until peace agreement signed between the rebel groups and the government of Ethiopia in October 202 ...
,
Oromo conflict,
Tigray War
* 7 January – At least 56 people are Dedebit airstrike, killed by an airstrike on an IDP camp in Dedebit (town), Dedebit, Tigray Region,
Ethiopia.
* 2 March – Twenty Ethiopian soldiers, 30 attackers, and three civilians are killed in the Metekel Zone of Benishangul-Gumuz Region.
* 18 June - Gimbi massacre
* 20 July - 2022 al-Shabaab invasion of Ethiopia
* 4 October - Adi Daero school airstrike
* 25 October - Tigray War Tigrayan peace process, peace talks mediated by the African Union is formally being held for the first time in Johannesburg, South Africa.
* 2 November - Ethiopian and Tigrayan forces agreed to Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement, permanently cease any hostilities, ending the 2 year Tigray War, war in Tigray.
* 6 December
** Hundreds of people held demonstrations across Oromia following reports of hostilities across the region.
** Oromo militias calls upon residents of Oromia to take up arms for "self-defense".
Deaths
* 3 March – Abune Merkorios, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church
See also
* Timeline of the Tigray War (July 2021–present), Timeline of the Tigray War
References
{{Years in Ethiopia
2022 in Ethiopia,
2022 by country, Ethiopia
2022 in Africa, Ethiopia
2020s in Ethiopia
Years of the 21st century in Ethiopia