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Sahle-Work Zewde, former President of Ethiopia speaks during the FIFA Women's Football Convention at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles on June 07, 2019 in Paris, France.

Sahle-Work Zewde, former President of Ethiopia speaks during the FIFA Women's Football Convention at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles on June 07, 2019 in Paris, France.

Photo by Mike Hewitt/FIFA via Getty Images.

Ethiopia Replaces First Female President After Her Resignation

Ethiopia’s first female president, Sahle-Work Zwede hinted in a social media post last weekend, that she wasn’t happy and had been silent for a year.