Top news items in major Ethiopian media outlets

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

-- Ethiopia's former Foreign Affairs Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has received strong backing from African countries to head the World Health Organization (WHO), whose elections are due next month.

At the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland from May 21-31, member states will vote in a new director-general for the UN's leading health agency, who will take office on July 1. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)

-- The exiting of United Kingdom from European Union (Brexit) will not hamper any of the bilateral ties with Ethiopia, Department for International Development (DFID) Africa Minister said.

In an exclusive interview with ENA, Department for International Development (DFID) Africa Minister James Wharton said Brexit will instead create opportunity to further deepen their relationship. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA)

-- The works of the Algerian-Ethiopian joint ministerial committee have kicked off Thursday in Algiers under the chairmanship of the Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra. (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation/EBC)

-- A command post, which facilitates the safe return of Ethiopians from Saudi Arabia, is formed under the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The command post is established to facilitate the return of illegal migrants ordered by Saudi Arabia to leave the country within 90 days from March 29, 2017. (Ethiopian News Agency/ENA) Endit