text: October 2018 – Page 2 – Zethiopia
  When she was a young girl, Edna Adan Ismail's mother and grandmother circumcised her in a traditional ceremony while her father, a doctor, was away. That evening, he returned home, enraged at what had happened. […]
  NAIROBI, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Ethiopia announced $7 billion worth of new road and power supply projects on Friday, according to the state-affiliated Fana news agency. Read More
  NAIROBI, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Ethiopia's Public-Private Partnerships Office announced on Friday $7 billion worth of new road and power supply projects, according to the state-affiliated Fana news agency. Read More
  Ethiopian MPs have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president.
  Ethiopian lawmakers have appointed the country's first female president, Sahle-Work Zewde. The position is ceremonial in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, the spokesman for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called the move "historic" and said it shows women will […]
  Dramatic political reforms have enabled Feyisa Lilesa to return home after his famous Rio 2016 protest.
  Veteran Ethiopian diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde has been elected by lawmakers as the east African nation's first female president. She will succeed Mulatu Teshome, who resigned from the largely ceremonial post on Wednesday. She is limited […]
  ADDIS ABABA, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Ethiopia's parliament has approved senior diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president, proceedings on state television showed, cementing another shift in the country's political system from Prime […]
  ADDIS ABABA, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Ethiopia's parliament approved Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's new president, the first woman to hold the post. Read More