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2022 in Ethiopia
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See also:
Other events of 2022
Timeline of Ethiopian history
Events in the year
2022 in
Ethiopia
.
Incumbents
President
:
Sahle-Work Zewde
Prime Minister
:
Abiy Ahmed
Events
Ongoing
Benishangul-Gumuz conflict
OLA insurgency
Tigray War
COVID-19 pandemic
January
7 January – At least 56 people are
killed by an airstrike
on an
IDP camp
in
Dedebit
,
Tigray Region
,
Ethiopia
.
[
1
]
February
2 March – Twenty
Ethiopian soldiers
, 30 attackers, and three
civilians
are killed in the
Metekel Zone
of
Benishangul-Gumuz Region
.
[
2
]
June
18 June – The
OLA
militant commits ethnic massacre against
Amhara
civilians in
Gimbi
town,
Oromia Region
.
July
20 July – About 500 al-Shabaab fighters cross into Ethiopia's Somali Region
Afder Zone
in context of
invasion of Ethiopia
.
October
4 October –
Tigray war
: The
Ethiopian National Defense Force
launched airstrike
against Adi Daero school, killing more than 50 people and injures 70 others.
25 October – Tigray War
peace talks
mediated by the
African Union
is formally being held for the first time in
Johannesburg
,
South Africa
.
[
3
]
November
2 November – Ethiopian and Tigrayan forces agreed to
permanently cease any hostilities
, ending the 2 year
war in Tigray
.
December
6 December –
Hundreds of people held demonstrations across Oromia following reports of hostilities across the region.
[
4
]
Oromo militias calls upon residents of Oromia to take up arms for "self-defense".
[
4
]
Deaths
3 March –
Abune Merkorios
, 83, Co-Patriarch of the
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
.
22 September –
Madingo Afework
, 44, singer.
[
5
]
6 November –
Ali Birra
, 72, singer and composer.
[
6
]
10 December –
Tariku Birhanu
, 39, actor and director.
[
7
]
See also
2020s portal
Timeline of the Tigray War
References
↑
"Ethiopia: At least 56 killed in Tigray airstrike on camp for internally displaced, aid workers say"
.
Sky News
. Retrieved
8 January
2022
.
↑
"Ambush and reprisals in Ethiopia kill 64 - rights body"
.
The Jerusalem Post
|
Jpost.com
. Retrieved
25 March
2022
.
↑
"Ethiopia peace talks start in South Africa"
. Al Jazeera
. Retrieved
30 October
2022
.
1
2
"Ethiopia: Protests Erupt Across Oromia After Latest Violence in East Wollega, OLF Calls On Oromos to
Defend
Themselves"
. All Africa
. Retrieved
12 December
2022
.
↑
"Police investigating the death of Popular singer Madingo Afewrok"
.
Borkena
. 28 September 2022
. Retrieved
14 August
2025
.
↑
Fortune, (Addis).
"An Icon, Maven Ali Birra Dies at 75"
. Retrieved
19 August
2025
.
↑
Tewodros, Rebecca (18 March 2023).
"Wedaj: A Last Testament Of Tariku (Baba) Birhanu's Legacy"
.
www.thereporterethiopia.com
. Retrieved
14 August
2025
.
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