All that most people in the world know about the African state of Ethoipia is that it had a famine in 1984. But profound political changes are currently taking place in the country. As the “Guardian” newspaper reports today:<\/p>\n
“Ethiopia\u2019s prime minister has appointed women to half the posts in his cabinet and created a new ministry of peace in a sweeping reshuffle that will reinforce the momentum of his radical reform programme in the vast, strategically significant African country.<\/p>\n
Abiy Ahmed has turned the region\u2019s politics on its head with a string of reforms since being appointed in April, earning comparisons to Nelson Mandela, Justin Trudeau, Barack Obama and Mikhail Gorbachev.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, he named the former construction minister, Aisha Mohammed, as defence minister \u2013 the first woman to hold that position in the country \u2013 and announced the creation of a new peace ministry led by Muferiat Kamil, former parliament speaker.<\/p>\n
Kamil\u2019s office will oversee the intelligence and security agencies, a move that reinforces the downgrading of the traditionally powerful security establishment in the authoritarian state.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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