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A snap presidential election was held in Ethiopia on 25 October 2018, prompted by the resignation of incumbent Mulatu Teshome. [1] [2] It was the fifth presidential election of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to elect its fourth president. [3]
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9 July – Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their twenty-year conflict. [7] [8] 14 July – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made landmark visit to Eritrea and welcomed by Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki. [9] 26 July – Simegnew Bekele, a project manager of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, died in his car parked in Meskel ...
International relations Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi Former Secret Intelligence Service head John Sawers says that Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammad bin Salman was behind the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (The Guardian) Saudi Arabia–Turkey relations Saudi Arabia's general prosecutor claims Jamal Khashoggi died in a fight inside the Istanbul consulate. (CNBC) Twitter suspends a ...
On October 2, there was an annual Oromo religious festival called Irreechaa, a festival where people from the entire Oromia region come and give thanks to their God in a city named Bishoftu. Bishoftu is approximately 50 km (30 miles) from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital. During this festival people all Oromo people come to give thanks to their god.
In July 2018, Oromo militias killed 50 Somalis. [24] In September 2018, 58 people were killed in ethnic clashes. Following the clashes on the weekend of 15–16 September protests against ethnic clashes begun in Addis Ababa. [8] In December 2018, 21 Oromo people were killed and 61 were wounded in by Somali militias, heavy artillery was used.
The Abiy cabinet of October 2018 was gender-balanced, with half the ministers being women, including several in senior security ministries, with Aisha Mohammed Mussa as Minister of Defense and Muferiat Kamil in the newly created Ministry of Peace, which was allocated responsibility for several security services.
On 20 August 2012, Meles died in Brussels and was replaced by Hailemariam Desalegn as Prime Minister of Ethiopia, who remained in power as his party in control of every parliamentary seat. On 15 February 2018, Hailemariam resigned following years-long protests and a state of emergency. He was succeeded by Abiy Ahmed in April 2018. [57]