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Top news items in Ethiopia's major media outlets

Xinhua, February 20, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- Ethiopia commemorates the thousands of Ethiopians massacred by the troops of Fascist Italy 80 years ago following the attempted assassination on Marshal Rodolfo Graziani.

The 80th anniversary of Martyrs' Day on Sunday featured laying of wreaths at the Martyr's Monument attended by patriots and a huge crowd of people. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- Ethiopian Foreign Affairs Minister Workneh Gebeyehu held talks with Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, on Saturday, on the margins of the 53rd Munich Security Conference in Germany.

The two sides discussed issues of regional peace and security and migration, as well as the positive steps the government of Ethiopia has taken in pursuit of addressing popular public demands. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)

--Ethiopia will introduce a new system to prevent illegal practices on the export of coffee, the country's major export earning agricultural product, the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Development and Marketing Authority said. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- The Ethiopian Ministry of Health said it had purchased five radiotherapy machines for cancer treatment at a cost of 25 million U.S. dollars.

The machines are coming into the country, Amir Aman, State Minister of Health, told FBC. (Fana Broadcasting Corporate/FBC) Endit