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(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 9, 2015 Director General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) Sahle-Work Zewde is seen following a meeting with UN officials in Nairobi . - Ethiopian lawmakers on October 25, 2018, appointed a woman to the largely ceremonial position of president for the first time. Career diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde was chosen in a unanimous vote to replace Mulatu Teshome who resigned. Sahle-Work, has served as ambassador to France, Djibouti, Senegal and the regional bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). (Photo by Simon MAINA / AFP)