title: 2017 in Ethiopia
text: # 2017 in Ethiopia
  
  The following lists events in the year 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.
  