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.