Ethiopia On This Day

Jun 22, 2019: Dozens of people were killed in fighting during a foiled coup in Ethiopia's Amhara region Jun 22, 2021: An airstrike by the Ethiopian Air Force on the town of Togoga in the Tigray killed 64 peopele and injured 180.

Jun 21, 1974: Derg elected Major Mengistu Haile Mariam as leader and Major Atnafu Abate as deputy Jun 21, 2021: General election to elect members of the House of Peoples' Representatives was held

Jun 20, 2009: Ethiopia confirmed its first cases of A/H1N1 flu virus Jun 20, 2018: South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar met for their first face-to-face meeting in two years.

Jun 19, 1954: Haile Selassie arrived in Mexico for a 5 days visit

Jun 18, 1924: Ras Tafari visits Italy, meets with Mussolini Jun 18, 1969: Three members of the Ertriean Liberation Front set an Ethiopian Airlines plane on fire in Pakistan Jun 18, 2000: Eritrean–Ethiopian War: Ethiopian and Eritrean leaders signed an Agreement on Cessation of Hostilities Jun 18, 2022: Hundreds of people, mostly Amhara, were killed in Oromia region

Jun 17, 2010: Voice of America journalist Heather Murdock expelled from Ethiopia Jun 17, 2012: Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in Los Cabos, Mexico. Jun 17, 2019: Ahmed Ali, the father of Ethiopian Prime Minister Dr Abiy Ahmed, passed away