2017 in Ethiopia
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The following lists events in the year 2017 in Ethiopia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]Ongoing
[edit]January
[edit]- 10 January – The Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway is finally complete creating a high speed link with Djibouti.[1]
March
[edit]- 11 March – At least 48 people are killed in a landslide at a landfill in the capital, Addis Ababa.[2]
August
[edit]- 3 August – USAID expands food aid to Ethiopia as well as Kenya to help them against the famine. $137 million has been donated to Ethiopia.[3]
Deaths
[edit]- 31 July – Tesfaye Sahlu, 94, comedian, storybook author, singer (Ababa Tesfaye's Storytime).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ethiopia: Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway Officially Completed, Creating High Speed Link Between Djibouti and Ethiopia".
- ^ "Ethiopia rubbish landslide kills 48 in Addis Ababa". BBC News. 12 March 2017.
- ^ "U.S. expands food, health aid to Ethiopia, Kenya amid crisis". Reuters. 3 August 2017.
- ^ Getachew, Samuel (2017-08-05). ""Yezare Abebawoch, Yenege Frewoch"". www.thereporterethiopia.com. Retrieved 2025-08-13.
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