2015 in Ethiopia

Incumbents

• Prime Minister: Hailemariam Desalegn
• President: Mulatu Teshome

  Events

February

• 1 February - Testing of the Addis Ababa Light Rail, the first light railway in Sub-Saharan Africa, begins.

  March

• 5 March - 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships begin in Addis Ababa.

  May

• 24 May - Voters go to the polls to vote in the general elections with the ruling party facing no viable opposition.

  September

• 20 September - First line of the Addis Ababa Light Rail opens.

  October

• 10 October - The Gilgel Gibe III Dam begins to generate power.

  November

• 21 November - 2015 CECAFA Cup, hosted in Addis Ababa, begins.