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Ethiopia: Women get half of minister jobs
PM Abiy Ahmed has appointed women to half of his government's ministerial posts.
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed women to half of his government's ministerial posts, including the job of defence minister. Boko Haram faction kills second aid worker in Nigeria. And we speak to Sudanese painter Hassan Musa about his Chicken Conspiracy show in London.
Photo: Ethiopia's new Minister of Defence, Aisha Mohammed. AFP.
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