Top news items in major Ethiopian media outlets

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

-- Ethiopian Prime Minster Hailemariam Desalegn has stressed on the need to foster Diaspora engagement in the overall national development efforts of the country.

The remark was made on the two-day National Ethiopian Diaspora Festival that took place in the City of Bahir. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)

-- Ethiopia will continue strengthening its firm stand on fair share of Nile water, said Motuma Mekassa, Ethiopian Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy.

Motuma gave a press conference Tuesday on the outcome of the 24th annual meeting of the Nile Council of Ministers (Nile-COM) held last month in Entebbe, Uganda. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- The Ethiopian Ministry of Livestock and Fishery of plans to harvest over 55,000 tonnes of fish during this fiscal year. In order to achieve the target, fish varieties will be distributed across the country. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has announced that it would build a Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Polytechnic College in Mekele, Tigray Regional State of Ethiopia. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA) Enditem