Abiy Ahmed elected as Ethiopia's new leader – Aljazeera.com

Ethiopia’s ruling coalition has elected Abiy Ahmed as its new chairman, according to state media.
The announcement on Tuesday by state broadcaster FANA means that Ahmed, who hails from the Oromo ethnic group, also succeeds Hailemariam Desalegn as Ethiopia’s prime minister.
The chairman of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition has historically also taken on prime minister duties.
The EPRDF and its allies control all 547 seats in Ethiopia’s parliament, which must confirm the new prime minister.
Local news site Addis Standard reported on Tuesday that Ahmed garnered 108 out of 180 votes in a meeting by the EPRDF’s Council, which comprises 45 members each from the four political parties that make up the coalition.
Mainly divided along ethnic lines, the parties are: the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), the Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organisation (OPDO) and the Southern Ethiopian People’s Democratic Movement (SEPDM).
Last month, the 81-member OPDO central committee named Ahmed, a former minister of science and technology, as its new chairman.