2019 in Ethiopia
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| See also: | Other events of 2019 Timeline of Ethiopian history | ||||
Events
- 10 March 2019 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya crashed six minutes after takeoff near the town of Bishoftu, killing all 157 passengers and crew aboard.
- 29 July 2019 — Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed leads a reforestation effort that planted 350 million trees in one day, believed to be a world record.[1]
Deaths
March
- March 10
- Victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 plane crash:
- Pius Adesanmi, Nigerian-Canadian professor and writer (b. 1972)[2]
- Christine Alalo, Ugandan police officer and peacekeeper (b. 1970)[3]
- Sebastiano Tusa, Italian archaeologist and politician (b. 1952)[4]
- Victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 plane crash:
June
- June 22
- Ambachew Mekonnen, Ethiopian politician (b. 1971)[5]
- Se'are Mekonnen, Ethiopian army officer (b. 1954)[6]
References
- "Ethiopia 'breaks' tree-planting record to tackle climate change". BBC News. July 29, 2019. Retrieved July 31, 2019.
- Pius Adesanmi dies in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash
- Christine Alalo gave Police a human face
- Schianto Boeing Etiopia, assessore Tusa a bordo. Dal Kenya: "Nessun sopravvissuto" Archived 2019-03-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- Ethiopia's Amhara state chief killed amid regional coup attempt
- Failed coup sees Ethiopia army chief shot dead by bodyguard
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