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2009 in Ethiopia
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The following lists events that happened during 2009 in Ethiopia.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]Ongoing
[edit]January
[edit]- 2 January – Ethiopia begins withdrawing troops from Somalia after two years of intervention in the civil war.[1]
April
[edit]- 22 April – Ten of thousands Ethiopians attend the state funeral of singer Tilahun Gessesse, becoming the largest lying of state since the funeral of Emperor Haile Selassie.[2]
July
[edit]- 7 July – Ethiopia introduces Anti-Terrorism Proclamation No. 652/2009 to counter domestic terrorism.[3]
Deaths
[edit]- 19 April – Tilahun Gessesse, 68, singer, diabetes.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ethiopia begins Somalia pullout".
- ^ "Ethiopia Mourns Treasured Singer at State Funeral". Voice of America. 2009-11-02. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ "Ethiopia: Proclamation No. 652/2009 of 2009, Anti-Terrorism Proclamation". Refworld. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
- ^ SudanTribune (2009-04-21). "Ethiopia's "Father of modern music" dies at 69". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 2025-08-14.
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