Ethiopia
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- federal republic
- CONSTITUTION
- August 22, 1995
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on civil law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Federation Council and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Federal Supreme Court
RELIGIONS
60.8% Christians, 32.8% Muslims, 4.6% traditional, 1.8% other
From the country
APRIL 6, 2010EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: COURT SENTENCES OROMO SEPARATIST TO DEATH
An Ethiopian court has handed down a death sentence to an alleged leader
- MARCH 25, 2010EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA PASSES DEATH SENTENCE ON CONVICTED SOMALI ISLAMIST
the Federal court of Ethiopia sentenced a former radical Somali Al -Itihad Al-Islamiya group member to death for committing "terrorist acts" during the mid 1990s.
- JANUARY 1, 2010EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
DECEMBER 22, 2009EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ASSASSINATION PLOT
five prominent Ethiopian politicians were sentenced to death by the Federal High Court for plotting
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2009EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MASSACRE
an Ethiopian court sentenced six members of the Benishangule-Gumuz community
- AUGUST 17, 2009EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIAN WOMAN GETS DEATH IN THE KILLING OF SPONSOR
Judge Abdurrahman Al-Darmi of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced an Ethiopian housemaid, identified only as Amakeel, to death for the premeditated murder of her sponsor, a Lebanese woman.
- JANUARY 1, 2009EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
Aggravated murder and crimes against the State or humanity are capital crimes.
- MAY 26, 2008EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA. SUPREME COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO MENGISTU
Ethiopia's Supreme Court sentenced former dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to death in his ab
- MAY 22, 2008EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA. FOUR AIR FORCE PILOTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA
a military tribunal recently sentenced four Ethiopian Air Force pilots to death.
- MAY 20, 2008EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA. HIGH COURT CONDEMNS EIGHT TO DEATH OVER 2007 BOMB BLAST
the Somali Regional State High Court in Jijiga, Ethiopia, sentenced eight culprits to death for killing and
- MAY 8, 2008EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA. COURT CONDEMNS THREE TO DEATH OVER BUS BOMBING
a court in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Regional State found six Ethiopians, one
- APRIL 10, 2008EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIA: "THE DEATH SENTENCE WAS USED AS A TOOL OF INTIMIDATION"
a clampdown on the media in Ethiopia in the wake of disputed elections in 2005