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The following lists events that happened during 2001 in Ethiopia.

Incumbents

Events

January

  • January 10 - Ethiopia rejects Djibouti's port-handling charges for imports and exports with them, claiming it to be a violation of an agreement in 1999.[1]
  • January 13 - Diplomatic tension rises with Somalia, who accuses Ethiopia of attempting to create a secessionist state in the already unstable country.[2]
  • January 25 - Somalia's Prime Minister accuses Ethiopia of destabilising his country by massing troops in the south west.[3]

February

  • February 20 - Thousands of Ethiopian troops begin withdrawing from Eritrea after a successful peace agreement after the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.[4]
  • February 24 - Ethiopia declares the withdrawal from Eritrea complete.[5]

April

  • April 12 - Police crack down on student protesters, demanding greater freedom of speech. This leaves 50 students hospitalised.[6]
  • April 17 - Hundreds of riot police storm in and beat up civilians during the riots including women and children in the capital of Addis Ababa.[7]
  • April 18 - Thousands of students clash with police during the second day of rioting.[8]
  • April 21 - The Ethiopian Human Rights Council denies that student protesters are being held in detention camps, causing anger among relatives of the missing students.[9]
  • April 24 - The University of Addis Ababa reopens after temporary closure during riots that left 39 killed and 250 injured.[10]
  • April 26 - More than 2000 students are released from prison by riot police.[11] Several students report instances of torture while incarcerated.[12]

May

  • May 4 - The political temperature is reported to have risen since the April riots.[13]

November

  • November 15 - Animal smuggling is reported to have cost the country 100 million dollars every year.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Ethiopia rejects Djibouti port charges".
  2. ↑ "Ethiopia and Somalia in diplomatic row".
  3. ↑ "Ethiopia destabilising Somalia -- Somali PM".
  4. ↑ "Ethiopia starts troop withdrawal from Eritrea".
  5. ↑ "Ethiopia says pull-out complete".
  6. ↑ "Ethiopian police charge against students".
  7. ↑ "'Brutal' attack by Addis police".
  8. ↑ "More clashes in Addis Ababa".
  9. ↑ "Anger over Ethiopian detainees".
  10. ↑ "University reopens after Addis riots".
  11. ↑ "Ethiopian students released".
  12. ↑ "Ethiopia's released students tell their stories".
  13. ↑ "Protests radicalise Ethiopia's youth".
  14. ↑ "Ethiopia hit by massive animal smuggling".
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