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February 17 - Ethiopian Airlines Flight 702 between Addis Ababa and Rome is diverted to land at Geneva in an attempted hijacking by the co-pilot who claims to be seeking political asylum. April [ edit ]
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In 1991, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front captured the capital Addis Ababa and ended the Ethiopian Civil War.The EPRDF was led by the Tigray People's Liberation Front and was dominated by those belonging to the Tigray ethnic group, which is a minority group comprising only about six percent of the country's population.
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party: Efoytā [1] Addis Ababa: 1997 Fānā démokrāsi Amharic Ethiopian Herald [1] Addis Ababa: 1943 Ethiopian Press Agency (government) English Ethiopian Gazette [3] Toronto: 2018 AMG Brands Network English ethiopiangazette.com: Feteh: 2008–2012 [4] closed; chief editor Temesgen Desalegn arrested [5]
Its name was changed to Ethiopian News Source in 1964, then to its present name of Ethiopian News Agency in 1967. [4] In 1995, it became a semi-autonomous agency under a board that is accountable to the House of Peoples' Representatives. Its autonomy is very limited, with the government having full control. [5]
A government-run news agency, now called the Ethiopian News Agency, ran from 1942 to 1947, and then was relaunched in 1954. Early twenty-first century Ethiopian newspapers can be broadly divided into two categories, Ethiopia based and diaspora based, with the majority of the diaspora-based ones being digital-only newspapers.
The Cinema of Ethiopia and the film industry in general are relatively recent phenomena in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian film industry is growing but faces many problems that have prevented it from fully flourishing. [1] Historically, live stage theater enjoyed more popularity in Ethiopia, creating a handful of relatively successful stage actors. [1]
The Ethiopian Herald is a government-owned English-language newspaper published by the Ethiopian Press Agency, which also publishes the Amharic-language Addis Zemen. It was launched as a weekly on 3 July 1943. [2] Jan Hoy Simpson, an Englishman, was its first editor. Later editors were from the United States.