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Ethiopian prime minister's new cabinet has 50 per cent women

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed today unveiled a downsized cabinet where, in a first, half the members are women, a top official said. <br />''<br />''<br />''Abiy's Chief of Staff Fitsum Arega said that 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. The previous Cabinet had 28 ministers, of which only five were women.<br />''<br />''<br />''The shakeup is the latest in a series of dramatic reforms implemented by Abiy since he took office in April after more than two years of anti-government unrest that contributed to his predecessor's sudden resignation.<br />''<br />''<br />

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