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# TWIL #26
- URL: https://www.mattrutherford.co.uk/twil-26/
- Published: 2024-06-30T08:37:14.000Z
- Updated: 2024-06-30T08:37:13.000Z
- Description: Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days.
- Author: Matt
- Tags: TWIL

Every week, I share something I learned in the previous seven days. 

This week, I learned that it is *still* 2016 in Ethiopia. Due to some quirks in the way that time is recognised in the country, and strong sense of national identity. 

[The country where it’s still 2016 | CNNOn September 11, Ethiopians will officially celebrate the beginning of the year 2017\. So why is this East African country’s calendar seven years and eight months “behind” the rest of the world?![](https://edition.cnn.com/media/sites/cnn/apple-touch-icon.png)CNNTamara Hardingham-Gill![](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/age4231-abel-g.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill)](https://edition.cnn.com/travel/ethiopian-unique-calendar-year/index.html?ref=mattrutherford.co.uk)

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