Day: February 16, 2018
A Prime Minister Resigns (Yawn). In Africa (!!)
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn tendered his resignation and it was promptly accepted. This makes him the first in modern Ethiopian history to voluntarily resign his position. He is giving up his post as Prime Minister and the Chairman of the ruling coalition Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF.) In his resignation statement, the Prime…