The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Ethiopia.
Incumbents President: Mulatu Teshome Prime Minister: Hailemariam Desalegn
Events
Ongoing
Oromo protests
February 17 February – The Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 between Addis Ababa and Rome is diverted to land at Geneva in an attempted hijacking by the co-pilot who claims to be seeking political asylum.
April 16 April – Gunmen ambush a bus killing nine people and wounding six others in western Ethiopia near the Sudanese border.
May 2 May – At least nine students are killed in protests in Oromia Region.
November 4 November – In Johannesburg, Angolan journalist and human rights campaigner Rafael Marques says the African Union should move its headquarters out of Ethiopia because of concerns about freedom of expression there.
December 6 December – At least 70 drown when a migrant boat from Ethiopia sinks off the Red Sea coast of Yemen.
Deaths
6 March – Alemayehu Atomsa, 45, President of Oromia Region (2010–2014).
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