January 7 – Fighting breaks out between Somali protesters and Ethiopian troops in the town of
Beledweyne after an official is arrested for refusing to hand over a member of the ousted
Islamic Courts Union. Three people are reportedly injured.[1]
January 8 –
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed,
Somalia's interim President, arrives in the capital,
Mogadishu, his first visit since
Mujahideen forces of the Islamic Courts Union fled advancing Ethiopian troops and interim government soldiers.[2]
January 23 – Ethiopia begins withdrawing troops from Mogadishu.[3]
January 27 – Ethiopia is going to withdraw one third of its troops stationed in Somalia by Sunday January 28, 2007, Ethiopia's Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi says.[4]
March
March 30 – An Ethiopian helicopter is downed in Mogadishu as Ethiopian and Somali government troops battle insurgents.[5]
April
April 22 – More than 60 people are killed in the fourth day of heavy fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist militia in Mogadishu.[6]
April 24 - Ethiopian rebels from the Ogaden National Liberation Front raid a Chinese-run oil field in near the country's border with Somalia, killing 74.[7]
July
July 20 – The government of Ethiopia pardons and frees opposition leaders who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for their roles in riots following 2005 elections. Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi denies that the release was forced by the
United States.[8]
September
September 1 – International aid agency
Médecins Sans Frontières has accused Ethiopia of denying it access to the country's eastern
Ogaden region.[9]
September 11 – The
Ethiopian third millennium was celebrated nationwide and concert hall was organized in Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa.
September 13 – Ethiopia will deploy 5,000 troops as part of a joint United Nations -
African Union mission in the
Darfur region of
Sudan.[10]
October
October 9 – The Ethiopian Parliament re-elects
Girma Wolde-Giorgis for a second six-year term.
January 7 – Fighting breaks out between Somali protesters and Ethiopian troops in the town of
Beledweyne after an official is arrested for refusing to hand over a member of the ousted
Islamic Courts Union. Three people are reportedly injured.[1]
January 8 –
Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed,
Somalia's interim President, arrives in the capital,
Mogadishu, his first visit since
Mujahideen forces of the Islamic Courts Union fled advancing Ethiopian troops and interim government soldiers.[2]
January 23 – Ethiopia begins withdrawing troops from Mogadishu.[3]
January 27 – Ethiopia is going to withdraw one third of its troops stationed in Somalia by Sunday January 28, 2007, Ethiopia's Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi says.[4]
March
March 30 – An Ethiopian helicopter is downed in Mogadishu as Ethiopian and Somali government troops battle insurgents.[5]
April
April 22 – More than 60 people are killed in the fourth day of heavy fighting between Ethiopian troops and Islamist militia in Mogadishu.[6]
April 24 - Ethiopian rebels from the Ogaden National Liberation Front raid a Chinese-run oil field in near the country's border with Somalia, killing 74.[7]
July
July 20 – The government of Ethiopia pardons and frees opposition leaders who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for their roles in riots following 2005 elections. Prime Minister
Meles Zenawi denies that the release was forced by the
United States.[8]
September
September 1 – International aid agency
Médecins Sans Frontières has accused Ethiopia of denying it access to the country's eastern
Ogaden region.[9]
September 11 – The
Ethiopian third millennium was celebrated nationwide and concert hall was organized in Millennium Hall in Addis Ababa.
September 13 – Ethiopia will deploy 5,000 troops as part of a joint United Nations -
African Union mission in the
Darfur region of
Sudan.[10]
October
October 9 – The Ethiopian Parliament re-elects
Girma Wolde-Giorgis for a second six-year term.