On Wednesday, there wasn't a single female head of state in any of the countries in Africa. Now, on Thursday, there is one. Former diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde became Ethiopia's first female president ...

ADDIS ABABA (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 ...

Sahle-Work Zewde, an experienced diplomat, is the first female head of state in Ethiopia's modern history. Women also now constitute half of the... Ethiopia's parliament has made Sahle-Work Zewde the ...

*(Via Newsweek) – Ethiopia has appointed Sahle-Work Zewde as its first female president, also making the career diplomat the only serving female head of state in Africa. Although the role is largely ...

She is one of only two female heads of state on the continent, along with Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan. However, she is a powerless president, as the constitution has reduced her role to a ...

Ethiopia's parliament has appointed the country's first female president, Sahle-Work Zewde, in a move hailed as setting a new standard for women in the East African nation, the Prime Minister's chief ...

The Ethiopian parliament approved a new president to replace one that was widely seen as controversial amid ongoing political differences with the government. Sahle-Work Zewde, a former United Nations ...

Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye (right) with Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde (L) at Melchior Ndadaye International Airport. [Courtesy] Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye is hosting ...

Ethiopia’s parliament today approved Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s new president, the first woman to hold the post. Sahle-Work is at present U.N. under secretary general and special representative ...