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Top news items in major Ethiopian media outlets

Xinhua, October 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalgen urged businesspersons from Dubai on Thursday to replicate the strong trade relation with Ethiopia in the investment frontier.

The premier made the remark while conferring with a trade delegation led by Chairman of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry Majid Saif Al Ghurair on ways of boosting Ethio-Dubai ties in investment. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- The Ethio-Djibouti railway, which was inaugurated on Wednesday, will start rendering service soon by hiring more than 2,000 Ethiopians, said the Ethiopian Railways Corporation. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC)

-- Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Taye Atske-Selassie held talks with Egyptian Ambassador to Ethiopia, Aboubakr Hefny on Wednesday.

The discussions were focused on current state of affairs in Ethiopia and bilateral relations between Ethiopia and Egypt. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)

-- About 900 South Sudanese refugees are arriving in Ethiopia daily on average, said the Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA).

Of the refugees fleeing to Ethiopia since early last month, women and children took the highest number, said Estifanos Gebremedhin, Director of Legal Department at ARRA. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC) Endit