Ethiopia's parliament approves Sahle-Work Zewde as president

Updated: 2018-10-25 16:52

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Director-General of the United Nations Office Sahle-Work Zewde attends a session at the French employers' association Medef summer conference in Jouy-en-Josas, near Paris on Aug 28, 2014. [Photo/VCG]

ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia's parliament approved Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's new president, the first woman to hold the post.

Sahle-Work is at present UN under secretary general and special representative of the secretary general to the African Union. She replaces Mulatu Teshome Wirtu, who tendered his resignation to parliament earlier on Wednesday.

Reuters

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