2009 in Ethiopia
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The following lists events that happened during 2009 in Ethiopia.
Events
January
- January 2 - Ethiopia withdraws its military forces from Somalia after two years of helping the Transitional Federal Government combat insurgents.
February
- February 23 - Ethiopian national Benyam Mohammed is released from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base's detention camp.
April
- April 25 - Ethiopia arrests 35 people in connection with Berhanu Nega's plan to overthrow the government.
May
- May 19 - Ethiopia's National Defense Force reenters Somalia.
September
- September 17 - Prime Minister Meles Zenawi denounces an International Crisis Group (ICG) report that warns his country could descend into ethnic violence ahead of its first national election since a 2005 poll triggered deadly street clashes.
- September 19 - A six-nation east African regional bloc consisting of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda urges global sanctions on Eritrea for backing Islamist rebels in neighbouring war-torn Somalia.
October
- October 22 - Ethiopia appeals for food aid for 6.2 million people facing starvation.
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