WOMEN DOMINATE ETHIOPIAN PM’S CABINET
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Joseph Omoniyi
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s newly unveiled cabinet has been dominated by women.
Abiy’s Chief of Staff, Fitsum Arega who confirmed the development said, women were assigned to run major ministerial portfolios in the downsized cabinet of the Prime Minister.
“Women occupy key positions in the 20-member cabinet that includes a newly created Ministry of Peace to oversee the federal police and intelligence agencies.”
“Women are assigned to run key ministerial portfolios including ministries of Peace, Trade and Industry, and Defence,” he tweeted.
