Not only that - the Ethiopian calendar is also seven years and eight ... the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union, which has its headquarters in Ethiopia's ...

While the rest of the world has been living in 2024 for the last 11 months, this African country only recently welcomed 2017.

This is because Ethiopia follows the Ge'ez calendar, which is seven to eight years behind the Gregorian calendar used by most countries. The Ge'ez calendar has 13 months. It includes 12 months of ...