Top news items in Ethiopia's major media outlets

The following are news highlights of Ethiopia's major media outlets on Tuesday.

-- Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn on Monday conferred with representatives of Troika countries in which the two sides shared views on issues of South Sudan and Sudan.

The Prime Minister during the discussion briefed the representatives from the United Kingdom, Norway, and the United States, the Troika countries, about Ethiopia's continued effort to bring about peace and stability in South Sudan, a senior official who attended the discussion told reporters.(Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- An Ethiopian mother has given birth to five babies at Black Lion Specialized Hospital recently.

The babies were born at seven months and they are now at the hospital's incubator. One of the babies weighs 1.1 kilograms, while the remaining four babies weigh 800 grams.

It is the first time a woman to give birth to five babies at the hospital. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporate)

-- The Ethiopian Airlines said it has begun sending aircraft technicians to African countries.

The airlines is undertaking expansion project at its maintenance, repair and overhaul center at a cost of more than 100,000 U.S. dollars. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- Feasibility study is underway to build second space observatory in Ethiopia's town Lalibella.

The Ethiopian Space Science Society, which has recruited 10,000 members since being launched in 2004 by three aspiring astronomers, has recently opened east Africa's only space observatory on the 3,200-metre summit of Entoto, overlooking Addis Ababa. (Ethiopian Broadcast Corporation) Endit