It was only last month since former State Secretary of the United States, Rex Tillerson, visited Ethiopia. For his arrival coincided with the decision of Hailemariam Deselagn to resign from his premiership, rumour had it that he had come to pick a new Prime Minister.
Donald Yamamoto's, acting assistant secretary of state for African Affairs, statement that the United States is "looking at not only the transition of a prime minister but ... the strengthening of institutions" did not help.
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