2017 in Ethiopia

Incumbents

• President: Mulatu Teshome
• Prime Minister: Hailemariam Desalegn

  Events

January

• 10 January - The Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway is finally complete creating a high speed link with Djibouti.

  March

• 12 March - At least 48 people are killed in a landslide at a landfill in the capital, Addis Ababa.

  August

• 3 August - USAID expands food aid to Ethiopia as well as Kenya to help them against the famine. $137 million has been donated to Ethiopia.