October

Ethiopian parliamentarians unanimously appointed a woman, Sahle-Work Zewde, President of the country, for the first time on October 25, 2018, after the resignation of the former President of Ethiopia, who until now had held this essentially honorary position. Mrs. Sahle-Work, born in Addis Ababa and a former student of the French-Ethiopian lycée Guébré-Mariam and studied in Montpellier, France, is currently the only female head of state in Africa. Prior to her, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the first elected president of […]