Ethiopia Foreign minister resigns
Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen on Friday left his position, the ruling Prosperity Party indicated.
The party said the committee had unanimously agreed to appoint Mr Temesgen Tiruneh as the new Vice-President of the Prosperity Party. He has been the Director General of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS).
Demeke had been Deputy Prime Minister since 2012 but became the country’s top diplomat from November 2020 when he took over the docket of Foreign Affairs.
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