Ethiopia On This Day

Oct 30, 1996: Ethiopian air force plane crashed in Addis Ababa, killing eight and setting 50 homes and stores on fire

Oct 29, 2018: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made his first trip to Europe, meeting French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Oct 29, 2020: the TPLF rejected the federal government's appointment of new leadership for the ENDF's Northern Command. Three officers, Brig. Gen Belay Seyoum Akele, the new Commander of the Northern Command, and one of his deputies Brig. Gen. Seid Tekuye, as well as Lt. Gen. Molla Haile Mariam, were told by TPLF to cancel their flights to Mekelle. The other deputy commander, Brig. Gen. Jamal Mohammed, was turned away by the TPLF upon arrival in Mekelle

Oct 28, 1937: Looted obelisk from Aksum erected in Rome Oct 28, 2016: Endris Mohammed killed his two children and set his house on fire in an attempt to kill his wife. A year later, he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prision

Oct 27, 1916: The Battle of Segale was waged between Lij Iyasu’s supporters and the central power in Addis Ababa. Lij Iyasu’s supporters were defeated and the main belligerent, Ras Mikael, father of Lij Iyasu, was captured. Lij Iyasu remained a fugitive for another 5 years Oct 27, 2014: Journalist Temesgen Desalegn, editor of the independent weekly newspaper Feteh, sentenced to three years in prison for "provocation and dissemination of inaccurate information."

Oct 26, 1896: Treaty of Addis Ababa was signed by Ethiopia and Italy. Oct 26, 1966: Haile Selassie speaks at the first World Evangelical Congress in Berlin Oct 26, 2005: Ethiopia bans import of poultry to cope with a possible avian flu outbreak

Oct 25, 1973: Athlete Abeba Bikila died in an army hospital. He was 46 years old. Oct 25, 2018: Sahlework Zewde elected as the new president of Ethiopia. She became the first woman to hold the position