Top news items in Ethiopia's major media outlets

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

-- Ethiopia says physical work on a massive 4 billion U.S. dollars cooperative natural gas project between Ethiopia, Djibouti, and China will soon be launched.

The announcement was made Thursday by Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom at the opening of the 4th Ethiopia-Djibouti Joint Ministerial Committee Meeting in the capital, Addis Ababa. (Fana Broadcasting Corporation/FBC)

-- Ethiopia and Djibouti have agreed to enhance economic integration of the two sisterly nations.

Speaking at the 14th Ethio-Djibouti Joint Ministerial Conference, Dr Tederos Adhanom underlined the long and strong brotherly relations between the two countries and their shared insight escorting the two nations towards realizing economic integration in the region. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)

-- An agreement has been signed to equip 30,000 citizens with the skill and knowledge in garment and textile industry.

Hawassa Industrial Park (in southern Ethiopia) will recruit and train the people over the next two and a half years. The agreement signed among the park, Southern Nation's Nationalities and Peoples' State, Textile Industry Development Institute and workers' association. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)

-- Preparatory works have been finalized to avert the likely impacts of flooding across the nation, announced the National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) of Ethiopia.

The government has been taking appropriate measures ahead of time to minimize the effects of flooding in flood prone areas of the country, stated Mitku Kassa, Commissioner for National Disaster Risk Management Commission. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA) Endit