The following events occurred during the year 2015 in Ethiopia.
Incumbents Prime Minister: Hailemariam Desalegn President: Mulatu Teshome
Events
Ongoing
Oromo protests
February 1 February – Testing of the Addis Ababa Light Rail, the first light railway in Sub-Saharan Africa, begins.
March 5 March – 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships begin in Addis Ababa.
April
19 April – 2015 Islamic State killing of Christian migrants in Libya: Islamic State in Libya Province releases beheading video of approximately 30 Ethiopian Christian immigrants, resulting in broader outrage and condemnation in Ethiopia.
May 24 May – Voters go to the polls to vote in the general elections with the ruling party facing no viable opposition.
September 20 September – First line of the Addis Ababa Light Rail opens.
October 10 October – The Gilgel Gibe III Dam begins to generate power.
November 21 November – The 2015 CECAFA Cup, hosted in Addis Ababa, begins.
Deaths
12 September – Seble Tefera, 39, actress (Betoch, Yarefede Arada), car crash.
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