2022 in Ethiopia
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Events in the year 2022 in Ethiopia.
Incumbents
Events
Ongoing
January
- 7 January – At least 56 people are killed by an airstrike on an IDP camp in Dedebit, Tigray Region, Ethiopia.[1]
February
- 2 March – Twenty Ethiopian soldiers, 30 attackers, and three civilians are killed in the Metekel Zone of Benishangul-Gumuz Region.[2]
June
- 18 June – The OLA militant commits ethnic massacre against Amhara civilians in Gimbi town, Oromia Region.
July
- 20 July – About 500 al-Shabaab fighters cross into Ethiopia's Somali Region Afder Zone in context of invasion of Ethiopia.
October
- 4 October – Tigray war: The Ethiopian National Defense Force launched airstrike against Adi Daero school, killing more than 50 people and injures 70 others.
- 25 October – Tigray War peace talks mediated by the African Union is formally being held for the first time in Johannesburg, South Africa.[3]
November
- 2 November – Ethiopian and Tigrayan forces agreed to permanently cease any hostilities, ending the 2 year war in Tigray.
December
- 6 December –
Deaths
- 3 March – Abune Merkorios, 83, Co-Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
- 22 September – Madingo Afework, 44, singer.[5]
- 6 November – Ali Birra, 72, singer and composer.[6]
- 10 December – Tariku Birhanu, 39, actor and director.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Ethiopia: At least 56 killed in Tigray airstrike on camp for internally displaced, aid workers say". Sky News. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "Ambush and reprisals in Ethiopia kill 64 - rights body". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Ethiopia peace talks start in South Africa". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Ethiopia: Protests Erupt Across Oromia After Latest Violence in East Wollega, OLF Calls On Oromos to Defend Themselves". All Africa. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ Desk, Borkena (28 September 2022). "Police investigating the death of Popular singer Madingo Afewrok". Borkena. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Fortune, (Addis). "An Icon, Maven Ali Birra Dies at 75". Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ Tewodros, Rebecca (18 March 2023). "Wedaj: A Last Testament Of Tariku (Baba) Birhanu's Legacy". www.thereporterethiopia.com. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
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