ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Prime Minister quit on Thursday, saying he wanted to smooth the route to further political reforms. The government is dominated by the EPRDF coalition led by ethnic Tigrayans. The anger broadened into wider public protests, while bouts of ethnic clashes have also taken place, displacing hundreds of thousands since September. Following recent unrest, much of it in the Oromia region, Ethiopia's new premier is expected to hail from the province. Ethiopia's second largest ethnic group with at least 20 million people, the Amhara claim they are increasingly politically marginalized.

Source: Ethiopian News February 16, 2018 13:52 UTC