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Top news items in Ethiopia's major media outlets

Xinhua, April 14, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has confirmed that his visit to West Africa is part of the country's drive to strengthen partnership in the areas of peace and security as well as Africa's integration agenda.

The Prime Minister said his visit served as a platform to share Ethiopia's experience in fighting terrorism and its fast economic growth. The six-day tour to Ghana and Guinea helped Ethiopia in building strong bilateral relations with the countries as well as share views on continental matters with the leaders, Hailemariam stated. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)

-- Chinese company Poly-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings is moving ahead with its 4 billion U.S. dollars project to export gas from southeast Ethiopia's Hilala and Calub gas fields to China after a drilling program showed promise. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- Germany will continue its cooperation with Ethiopia in areas of education and sustainable energy resources.

Speaking to journalists after the annual Ethio-Germany consultative meeting Wednesday, State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office, Markus Ederer said his country is interested in extending support to Ethiopia in education and sustainable energy resources. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- Egypt Air opened its second office in Addis Ababa with the view to enhancing the country's relation with Ethiopia in particular and Africa in general.

Egypt's Deputy Ambassador to Ethiopia, Ahmed El Fadly said during the inauguration of the office Wednesday that Egypt Air decided to open an office in the country to enhance its relation with Ethiopia in many fields, including diplomacy, economy and tourism sectors. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA) Endit