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Events in the year 2021 in Ethiopia.

See also: 2021 in East Africa

Incumbents

Events
  • Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia — Metekel conflict (since 2019) — Tigray conflict (since 2020)
  • 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.[1]
  • 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.[2]
  • 6 January
    • Major General Belay Seyoum admits that troops from the Eritrean Army entered Tigray Region in December 2020.[3]
    • An Italian company apologizes for naming a type of pasta "Abissine," reminiscent of the colonial-era fascist name for Ethiopia.[4]
  • 9 January – at least 750 people are killed in an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church in Tigray. Locals blame raiders of the Lost Ark of the Covenant.[5]
  • 12 January
    • Approximately 80 civilians were killed around the village of Daletti in Metekel Zone, with opposition politicians blaming Gumuz militias.[6]
  • 13 January
    • Tigray: The government says it has killed former Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin and two other members of the Tigray Region′s former ruling party.[7]
    • United States Senators Chris Murphy, Patrick Leahy, and Ben Cardin call for the government of Ethiopia to release journalists who have been arrested and to restore press freedom.[8]
    • At least 80 civilians, including children as young as two, are killed in Benishangul-Gumuz Region in what is believed to be ethnic fighting.[9]
  • 22 January – The UN says it has received reports of rape in Tigray.[10]
  • 2 February – The opposition in Tigray says 50,000 civilans have been killed in the last three months.[11]

Scheduled Events
Further information: Public holidays in Ethiopia

Sports

Deaths

See also

References
  1. "Nile dam dispute: Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia agree to hold more talks". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 3, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  2. "Tigray crisis: Ethiopia to repair al-Nejashi mosque". news.yahoo.com. BBC World News. January 5, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  3. "Ethiopian general admits Eritrean troops entered Tigray". news.yahoo.com. Yahoo News. AFP. January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  4. Squires, Nick. "Italian pasta company apologises for 'fascist' rigatoni named after former colony Ethiopia". news.yahoo.com. The Telegraph. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  5. "Hundreds reportedly dead after massacre at Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2021-01-22.
  6. Agence France-Presse (January 13, 2021). "More than 80 killed in west Ethiopia attack". Africanews. "We've received information that over 80 civilians were killed on January 12 in an area called Daletti" in Ethiopia's Benishangul-Gumuz region, Aaron Maasho, an advisor and spokesman for the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), told AFP. [...] Opposition politicians have described the violence in Metekel as ethnically motivated, alleging a targeted campaign by ethnic Gumuz militias against members of other ethnic groups in the area, including the Amhara, Ethiopia's second-largest group.
  7. "Tigray: Ethiopian army kills ex-Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin". msn.com. Al Jazeera. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  8. "U.S. senators call for release of journalists in Ethiopia". msn.com. Reuters. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  9. "Over 80 civilians killed in latest west Ethiopia attack". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  10. COREY-BOULET, Robbie (January 22, 2021). "'Disturbing' allegations of rape in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: UN". news.yahoo.com. AFP. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  11. Anna, Cara (February 2, 2021). "Tigray opposition parties assert 50,000-plus civilian deaths". news.yahoo.com. AP. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  12. "Ethiopian electoral board sets June 5 for national polls". Xinhua | English.news.cn. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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