Shiferaw Shigute, the departing Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, is likely to become Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Canada, according to diplomatic sources. Shiferaw would replace Aster Mamo, who was appointed in August. Aster reportedly left her position after she has named her…
After four months in the role, Shiferaw Shigute has resigned from his position as Chairperson of the Southern Ethiopian People’s Democratic Movement (SEPDM), a member party of the ruling coalition, because of recent unrest in that area of the country. “It is…
Following the resignation of Hailemarim Desalegn as Prime Minster and chairperson of the ruling coalition on Mid-February, the 180-Council of Ministers named Abiy Ahmed Ali to head the governing Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), paving the way for him…