2001 in Ethiopia

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See also:	Other events of 2001; Timeline of Ethiopian history

The following lists events that happened during 2001 in Ethiopia.

Incumbents

10 January – Ethiopia rejects Djibouti's port-handling charges for imports and exports with them, claiming it to be a violation of an agreement in 1999.^[1]
13 January – Diplomatic tension rises with Somalia, who accuses Ethiopia of attempting to create a secessionist state in the already unstable country.^[2]
25 January – Somalia's Prime Minister accuses Ethiopia of destabilizing his country by massing troops in the south west.^[3]

20 February –Thousands of Ethiopian troops begin withdrawing from Eritrea after a successful peace agreement after the Eritrean-Ethiopian War.^[4]
24 February – Ethiopia declares the withdrawal from Eritrea complete.^[5]

12 April – Police crack down on student protesters, demanding greater freedom of speech. This leaves 50 students hospitalised.^[6]
17 April – Hundreds of riot police storm in and beat up civilians during the riots including women and children in the capital of Addis Ababa.^[7]
18 April – Thousands of students clash with police during the second day of rioting.^[8]
21 April – The Ethiopian Human Rights Council denies that student protesters are being held in detention camps, causing anger among relatives of the missing students.^[9]
24 April – Addis Ababa University reopens after temporary closure during riots that left 39 killed and 250 injured.^[10]
26 April – More than 2000 students are released from prison by riot police.^[11] Several students report instances of torture while incarcerated.^[12]

4 May – The political tension is reported to have risen since the April riots.^[13]

15 November – Animal smuggling is reported to have cost the country 100 million dollars every year.^[15]