if the o.p.'s new cabinet is now a record fifty percent female including the country's first female defense minister the reformist prime minister i.b.m. it has also created a new ministry of peace in a bid to tackle a wave of ethnic violence he said that the citizen to appoint so many female ministers is the first in the history of ethiopia and probably in africa since coming to power in april has introduced a series of reforms transforming is the o.p.'s political landscape and restoring relations with every trade stock or now about this with jordan anderson who's an analyst with the africa country risk team at i.h.s. market thank you so much for joining us here on the al-jazeera ministry for peace sounds great i can't really think of another one of those that maybe another one around the world why has he done it now the key to this is that one of the biggest criticisms that's been made against meds since became prime minister in april is that there's rising insecurity displacement of population a

that well let's start with the o.p.'s very small. six percent or eighty of. them if you look at it so really yes but the government is not only of course she may argue we're going to leave it there we want the front of a chart be on the scenes in trying to get a slightly better line ok she may argue in our activists against sort of the signals of people there for our views and thank you for your time will come back to burn the seeds. all right let's check of some other news today and efforts by the french president to petroleum self as a man of the people of long been ridiculed by critics has been off documented now a recent photo from a trip to the caribbean fire them up once again this time the president saying posing with someone making a scene gesture no less. we can't even find words to express our indignation we can't tolerate this unforgivable there's almost nothing left those trips of dignity that got lost in the night of. the members of this because you. know. a small four for the fifteen year old boy who was told off and humiliated by mike ross beca

in africa since coming to power in a folder has introduced a series of reforms transforming in the o.p.'s political landscape and restoring relations with eritrea jordan anderson is an analyst with the africa country risk. market he says the new cabinet is a positive move for. he's trying to bring in members in the less represented historically parts of the country this is good for their representation for inclusion making them feel part of the country and trying to build a larger national coalition government as opposed to one that's dominated by a particular part of the country this is always been a historical criticism of wave after wave of ethiopian government is it is dominated by one region of the country or by another so we're trying to build a more diverse or geographically ethnically diverse cabinet that is a positive development for the country russia and turkey say their agreement to set have a buffer zone along the border of syria's last rebel stronghold is still on course this fight a major rebel group missing that that line to withdraw the deal establishes a twenty kilome

appointed women to half of the government's ministry of posts including the job of defense minister if the o.p.'s now the only african state after rwanda to have equal gender representation in the government since his appointment every document has made peace with neighboring eritrea and has also created a new ministry of peace to tackle ethnic violence of mitt took office in april and has carried out several major reforms jordan henderson is an analyst at i mark eight he says this is an attempt his prime minister create to create that is political inclusion and deal with the country's ethnic violence. by focusing on diversity so by talking about the inclusion of women but also by including more members of the cabinet from some of the peripheral regions of ethiopia regions that haven't always been as well represented in government ethnically the prime minister is trying to build support for reform program whereby he also wants to for example diversify ethnically the top ranks of the military and really the point of the new ministry of peace is it's all about bringing the military and the intel

bigger more for the world of music oh all right thank you ben well obviously addison that's it the o.p.'s capitols once a renowned for its jazz with its heyday in the one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's but in recent years jass has been enjoying a slow but steady were bible in the city one of the musicians there sin a shell i guess has given did earlier tour of some of the historic chasse sites and treated us to a late night succession. lisa bev if you feel sprawling capital listen carefully there's more to the sound of the city thunder hooting of ramshackle blue cops simitian guess at an upcoming ethiopian jazz musician is going to give us an inside look at his hometown. and a minimal look at what you see behind estate two hundred it is the first modern what history in this old hotel in a launch called just people used to play jazz music seven days a week i once was lucky enough to play there are five of just in this house uplifted many artists in the country this place has had a huge impact on if they're going to just music i think i think the liquor stores i don't get to for the

profile opponents of donald trump's presidency are seven potentially explosive packages a first rate the o.p.'s a female president has appointed as part of her shuffle. and it support the gymnastics world championships began in tel ha with the usa so well by else leading the way. who. a major search and rescue operation is underway near the dead sea in jordan after at least eighteen people died in flash floods heavy rain hit the area on thursday most of those killed were children on a school trip. to a popular hot spring charlotte ballasts reports. the headlights of risky vehicles illuminates a ravine on the dates see. this searching for school children swept away in a flash flood on thursday. the sound of rushing water is drowned out by helicopters seen from israel as only she could hear the nominee we're doing everything we can everyone from the ministry of labor the ministry of interior civil defense down in the water and up in the mountain they won't be leaving the area until we know the fate of every student every citizen jordan has experienced heavy rains this week witnesses say the ch