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2001 in Ethiopia
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The following lists events that happened during '''[[2001]] in [[Ethiopia]]'''.
==Incumbents==
*[[List of Presidents of Ethiopia|President]]: [[Negasso Gidada]] (until October 8), [[Girma Wolde-Giorgis]] (from October 8)
*[[List of heads of government of Ethiopia|Prime Minister]]: [[Meles Zenawi]]
==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.<ref></ref>
* January 13 - Diplomatic tension rises with Somalia, who accuses Ethiopia of attempting to create a secessionist state in the already unstable country.<ref></ref>
* January 25 - [[Somalia]]'s Prime Minister accuses Ethiopia of destabilising his country by massing troops in the south west.<ref></ref>
===February===
* February 20 - Thousands of Ethiopian troops begin withdrawing from [[Eritrea]] after a successful peace agreement after the [[Eritrean-Ethiopian War]].<ref></ref>
* February 24 - Ethiopia declares the withdrawal from Eritrea complete.<ref></ref>
===April===
* April 12 - Police crack down on student protesters, demanding greater freedom of speech. This leaves 50 students hospitalised.<ref></ref>
* 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]].<ref></ref>
* April 18 - Thousands of students clash with police during the second day of rioting.<ref></ref>
* 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.<ref></ref>
* April 24 - The [[University of Addis Ababa]] reopens after temporary closure during riots that left 39 killed and 250 injured.<ref></ref>
* April 26 - More than 2000 students are released from prison by riot police.<ref></ref> Several students report instances of torture while incarcerated.<ref></ref>
===May===
* May 4 - The political temperature is reported to have risen since the April riots.<ref></ref>
===November===
* November 15 - Animal smuggling is reported to have cost the country 100 million dollars every year.<ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:2001 in Ethiopia| ]]
[[Category:Years of the 21st century in Ethiopia]]
[[Category:2000s in Ethiopia]]
[[Category:2001 by country|Ethiopia]]
[[Category:2001 in Africa|Ethiopia]]
January 08, 2018 at 05:00PM
