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Top news items of Ethiopia's major media outlets

Xinhua, August 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Ethiopian Geological Survey is working to enhance the participation of private investors in the development of geothermal energy sector.

The institution aspires to generate 280 MW of electric energy from the geothermal sector in the coming 2 years. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)

-- Ethiopia and Tanzania set to sign power transmission pact. Tanzania has joined the group of countries purchasing power from Ethiopia.

The country will sign a 400 megawatts power purchase agreement with Ethiopia in the coming weeks, announced Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP). (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- The Himrawi Investment and Trading Private Limited Company has invested $10 million in construction of a ceramic factory as the country looks to local industries to tame biting shortage.

According to the company general manager Frealem Shibabaw the company has conducted studies and ascertained mineral wealth at Sekota area in Amhara State, Northern Ethiopia. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- An Ethiopian mother has given birth to sextuplets on Thursday at Tikur Anbessa hospital in Addis Ababa through operation.

The babies weigh 700-980 grams. An average weight a baby can have on birth is 2.5 gram. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC) Endit