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Top news items in Ethiopia's major media outlets

Xinhua, April 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in Ethiopia's major media outlets on Friday.

-- Ambassadors from Asian and Oceania countries have expressed their confidence that Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom is a strong candidate for the post of a Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

This was revealed during the discussion the ambassadors had with State Minister of Foreign Minister Taye Atskesellaie on Thursday.

It is to be recalled that the African Union Executive Council on its 26th Ordinary Session had endorsed the candidature of Tedros Adhanom for the post of WHO Director-General. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- Ethiopian Foreign Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom and his Ivorian counterpart, Dr. Abdallah Toikeusse held bilateral consultations on Thursday at the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ivory Coast.

In the event, the two sides signed four agreements on diplomatic waiver, health, general cooperation and a Memorandum of Understanding between IARE and CNRA. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)

-- Ethiopia is going to implement the second phase of acid soil management project that enables the country to rehabilitate acid soils and enhance agricultural yield.

This was disclosed at a workshop that opened Thursday to launch the second project to be carried out from 2016 to 2018. (Fana Broadcasting Corprate/FBC)

-- The Ethiopian Ministry of Transport and Korea Expressway Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the transportation sector.

The signing ceremony of the MoU between the two sides took place on Wednesday in Seoul, South Korea. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC) Endit