Friday, September 21, 2012

Ethiopia: Hailemariam Desalegn sworn in as Prime Minister

Newly sworn in Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. PHOTO/Khaled Elfiqi/EPA

Ethiopia's parliament swore in a new prime minister on Friday.

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn succeeds former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died on August 20 after ruling Ethiopia for more than two decades.

No vote was held Friday. Instead the country's ruling party, the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front — which controls majority of the seats in parliament — announced its

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