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Top news items of Ethiopia's major media outlets

Xinhua, August 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- The 4th year memorial service of great leader Meles Zenawi held on Saturday here in Addis Ababa with different activities.

Candlelit vigils and wrath of flower laying ceremony were held in memory of the great leader Meles Zenawi. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)

-- Ethio-telecom signed an agreement Saturday with the Chinese construction company, CGC Overseas Construction (CGCOC), to build headquarters (HQ) at a cost of over 4.5 billion birr.

The headquarters will rest on 37,000 square meters of land in the premises of Ethio-ICT village in Addis Ababa. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority (AAWSA) has signed agreements with two enterprises for the construction of two water treatment plants at a cost of 700 million birr. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- African ministers of health have agreed to step up actions to implement a global strategy on women's, children's and adolescents' health over the overcoming 14 years.

The ministers from 47 African nations announced their consent on the new strategy during the 66th WHO Regional Committee for Africa meeting held at the UNECA in Addis Ababa. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA) Endit