Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn resigned unexpectedly on Thursday, the first leader to do so in the country's recent history. As Africa's second most-populous country enters uncharted political territory, here are four questions about what happened -- and what comes next. Anger with the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition exploded in December 2015 when the country's largest ethnicity, the Oromo, began mass protests. Hailemariam's resignation has been accepted by the executive committees of both the EPRDF and his own party within the coalition, the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (SEPDM). He will remain in office until parliament and the full EPRDF coalition confirm his request to leave.

Source: Ethiopian News February 16, 2018 12:33 UTC