Ethiopia On This Day

May 31, 2014: 60 migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia along with two Yemeni crew members drowned attempting to cross the Red Sea into Yemen

May 30, 1932: Lij Iyasu escaped from prison. He was caught a few days later and put back into prison May 30, 1996: Dr. Taye Woldesmayat, president of the Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA), arrested and charged with illegal anti-government activities

May 29, 2018: Prominent opposition figure Andargachew Tsige released from prison May 29, 2019: A statue of Dr Catherine and Dr Reginald Hamlin, the couple who co-founded the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, inaugurated

May 28, 1954: Haile Selassie addressed a joint session of the United States Congress in Washington DC May 28, 1991: EPRDF enter Addis Ababa, ending the Mengistu regime

May 27, 1991: Bole International Airport closed one day before EPRDF forces entered Addis Ababa May 27, 2007: The Ethiopian embassy was formally reopened in the Somali capital Mogadishu for the first time since 1991 May 27, 2022: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed paid a two-day working visit to neighboring Kenya May 27, 1991: The London peace conference between the Ethiopian government, the EPRDF and other groups opened

May 26, 2002: Mamo Wolde passes away May 26, 2022: PM Abiy Ahmed in Equatorial Guinea to Attend AU Extraordinary Summit