Parliament approves Sahle-Work Zewde as first female president of Ethiopia

Ethiopia's parliament approved Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's new president, the first woman to hold the post.

Sahle-Work is at present U.N. under-secretary-general and special representative of the secretary general to the African Union. She replaces Mulatu Teshome Wirtu, who tendered his resignation to parliament earlier on Wednesday.