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Top news items in major Ethiopian media outlets

Xinhua, August 11, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Ethiopia has showed significant progress in e-government development over the period 2003- 2016, according to UN E- Government Survey 2016.

The significant improvement over the period has been a result of the country's far-reaching vision recognizing ICT, including e-government, as a key cross-cutting factor to promoting national prosperity and sustainable development. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)

-- Ethiopia and Canada will see increase in their exchanges in fields of peacekeeping and security, according to Canadian Minister of Defense, Harjit Singh Sajjan, who on Wednesday met and discussed with Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn in Addis Ababa. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- The efforts being made to inscribe the Gada system on UNESCO's world heritage list are yielding positive results, said the Oromia Regional State Culture and Tourism Bureau.

The Gada system is an indigenous democratic and socio-political system of the Oromo people. It is also a traditional conflict resolution system. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC) Endit