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Top news items in major Ethiopian media outlets

Xinhua, September 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- The 12th meeting of the Tripartite National Committee on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will take place in Khartoum next Tuesday to celebrate the signing of the extra studies contract which the panel of international experts had recommended on the dam. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom, Sir Simon Gerard McDonald, said his country and Ethiopia share common agendas in international peace and stability concerns.

Ethiopian Foreign Affairs State Minister Taye Atskeselassie held discussion Friday with Sir Simon Gerard McDonald about the bilateral relations of the two countries. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, announced on Thursday that the IMF appointed Abebe Aemro Selassie as Director of the IMF's African Department. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC) Endit